The Fact That Bernice Takes the Same Crowded Road to Work

question 118

Multiple Choice

The fact that Bernice takes the same crowded road to work every day merely because she has always taken that road and even though a less clogged route is available is due to her

• A) mental set
• B) conformational bias.
• C) functional fixedness.
• D) metacognition.

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