John Needs a Paperweight to Keep Open a Book from Which

question 222

Multiple Choice

John needs a paperweight to keep open a book from which he is making notes. He does not own a paperweight. There is small red building-brick keeping his door open that would be perfect as a weight, but when John looks at it, he doesn't think of it as a paperweight. In this case, John has fallen prey to

• A) item compensation.
• B) a very bad heuristic.
• C) algorithmic failure.
• D) functional fixedness.

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