Perry Is Trying to Solve the Following Riddle: "What Creature

question 36

Multiple Choice

Perry is trying to solve the following riddle: "What creature walks first on four legs, then two, then three?" He repeatedly tries to think of an animal that might walk on three legs, but he can think only of animals that walk on either two or four legs.Finally, he is told the correct answer-a human being, who crawls, then walks, then walks with a cane.Which one of the following is the most likely explanation of Perry's difficulty?

• A)He has encoded the problem with too narrow a definition of legs.
• B)He doesn't have enough working memory capacity.
• C)He doesn't have a sufficient knowledge base.
• D)He is the victim of specific transfer.

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