When People Fail to Solve the "Box-Candle" and "Two-String" Problems

question 21

Multiple Choice

When people fail to solve the "box-candle" and "two-string" problems presented in the text, they may be demonstrating

• A)means-end heuristic.
• B)backwards-thinking heuristic.
• C)failure to conceptually combine or conceptually expand.
• D)functional fixedness.
• E)low intelligence.

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