Functional Fixedness Is

question 47

Multiple Choice

Functional fixedness is

• A)the tendency to rely on strategies that have been successful in the past.
• B)a type of means-end heuristic.
• C)the inability to see how familiar objects can be used in new ways.
• D)a form of backward-thinking heuristic.
• E)a type of multiple intelligence.

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Definitions:

O,p-director

Substituents that direct incoming substituents to the ortho and para positions in an aromatic ring during electrophilic substitution reactions.

Major Organic Product

The predominant compound produced through an organic reaction, usually of greatest interest or utility.

Cyano Substituent

A cyano substituent refers to a group containing a carbon triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom (-C≡N) attached to a molecular framework.

Aromatic Ring

A cyclic molecule with conjugated pi electrons that exhibits enhanced stability, typified by the benzene ring.