Jet and Rylee Need to Finish a Project for an Engineering

question 97

Multiple Choice

Jet and Rylee need to finish a project for an engineering class. Jet is fearful that they won't finish by the due date because Rylee works for four hours every evening, and Jet believes that Rylee isn't serious enough about school because Rylee is working part time. Jet's view of the problem and solution is limited by

• A) personal biases.
• B) generating diverse solutions.
• C) numerous heuristics.
• D) functional fixedness.

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