Functional Fixedness and Mental Sets Are Similar in That They

question 472

Multiple Choice

Functional fixedness and mental sets are similar in that they are both ________.

• A)errors produced by the availability heuristic
• B)examples of inductive reasoning
• C)consistent with the predictions of the linguistic relativity hypothesis
• D)mental phenomena that interfere with problem solving

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