Caleb Is Surprised When His Girlfriend Eats the Sugar-Coated Flower

question 21

Multiple Choice

Caleb is surprised when his girlfriend eats the sugar-coated flower on her dinner plate because he had assumed that the flower was garnish. It is evident that:

• A) edible flowers would be considered prototypes of Caleb's concept of food.
• B) mental set has influenced the way that Caleb's girlfriend acts to a novel item on her plate.
• C) Caleb's girlfriend is exhibiting the concept of mindlessness.
• D) Caleb's concept of flowers did not include the quality of being edible.

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Definitions:

Secondary Growth

An increase in the girth of a plant due to the activity of the vascular cambium and cork cambium; secondary growth results in the production of secondary tissues (i.e., wood and bark).

Horizontal Growth

Expansion or growth of an entity (such as a company or plant) outward rather than upward, which can involve increasing product lines or locations.

Radial Growth

The pattern of growth that expands outward in all directions, commonly observed in fungi, certain plants, and some animals like jellyfish.

Cork Cambium

A lateral meristem that produces cork cells and cork parenchyma; cork cambium and the tissues it produces make up the periderm (outer bark) of a woody plant. Compare with vascular cambium.