Duncker's Research on the Box Problem Showed That

question 52

Multiple Choice

Duncker's research on the box problem showed that

• A) very few participants were able to solve the problem in any condition.
• B) participants were less likely to solve the problem if the boxes contained other objects than it the boxes did not contain other objects.
• C) participants were more likely to solve the problem if the boxes contained buttons than if the boxes contained candles.
• D) the functional fixedness effect was not reliable.

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