One Day at Work, Pauline's Earring Fell on the Floor

question 42

Multiple Choice

One day at work, Pauline's earring fell on the floor and she was unable to find the back. To keep from losing her earing, Pauline reinserted it and used part of a pencil eraser to keep the earring in place. Using a pencil eraser as a temporary earing back showed that Pauline overcame

• A) a mental set.
• B) functional fixedness.
• C) confirmation bias.
• D) transformation bias.

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Mesa

A flat-topped hill with steep sides, commonly found in arid and semi-arid regions, formed by erosion.

Butte

A steep-sided, isolated hill or mountain with a flat top, usually formed through the erosion of sedimentary rocks.

Erosion

The process by which natural forces remove soils, rocks, or dissolved material from one location and transport it to another.

Igneous Rock

Rock formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava, with diverse types such as basalt and granite.