Mental Set ______

question 79

Multiple Choice

Mental set ______.

• A)can only be induced by large amounts of practice
• B)can lead us to make unwarranted assumptions about a problem
• C)involves the use of analogy to solve a problem
• D)aids problem solving because it supplies an efficient problem representation

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