What Do Functional Fixedness and Mental Sets Have in Common

question 101

Multiple Choice

What do functional fixedness and mental sets have in common with each other?

• A) They facilitate creativity.
• B) They aid in the process of incubation.
• C) They are examples of heuristics.
• D) They are obstacles to problem solving.

---

Definitions:

Demand Curve

A chart that illustrates how the price of a product correlates with the amount consumers are ready to buy at different price levels.

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, all of whom are producing identical products, leading to no single participant having control over the price.

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, a homogeneous product, and freedom of entry and exit, leading to price taking behavior by all firms.

Long-run Equilibrium

Describes a state in a market where supply equals demand, with sufficient time for all factors of production to adjust and no external pressures.