What Is the Term Used to Describe the Tendency to Think

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Multiple Choice

What is the term used to describe the tendency to think of a hammer as only a tool to hammer nails and not as a weapon, a lever, or a weight to prop open a door?

• A)functional fixedness
• B)unnecessary constraints
• C)irrelevant information
• D)a mental set

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Definitions:

Reaction

A process in which one or more substances, the reactants, are converted to one or more different substances, the products, via a chemical change.

Dilute Acid

An acid solution that has a low concentration of hydrogen ions compared to its amount of solvent, typically water.

Protonation

The addition of a proton (H+) to an atom, molecule, or ion, usually resulting in a positively charged species.

Equivalents

A measure in chemistry indicating the amount of a substance that reacts with a defined amount of another in a chemical reaction.