A Truck Gets Stuck Under a Bridge

question 486

Multiple Choice

A truck gets stuck under a bridge. Several tow trucks are unable to pull it out. At last a little boy walks up and asks the red-faced adults trying to free the truck why they haven't let the air out of the truck's tires. Their oversight was due to

• A)divergent thinking.
• B)functional incubation.
• C)synesthesia.
• D)fixation.

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