When Dobrila Uses a Dime as a Screwdriver She Is

question 75

Multiple Choice

When Dobrila uses a dime as a screwdriver she is overcoming

• A) belief perseverance.
• B) functional fixedness.
• C) positive test strategy.
• D) conformational bias.

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Definitions:

Partial Report Method

A research technique used in cognitive psychology to study the capacity and duration of short-term visual memory.

Sperling's Study

A series of experiments by George Sperling that investigated the capacity and duration of the sensory memory.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, which stores impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended, lasting for a very brief period.

Iconic Memory

A type of visual sensory memory that holds an exact copy of what is seen for a very brief period of time, usually under a second.