A Jeweler Is Unable to Fix a Particular Mounting in a Ring

question 80

Multiple Choice

A jeweler is unable to fix a particular mounting in a ring because she can imagine only the conventional uses for her tools. This best demonstrates which of the following

• A)The confirmation bias
• B)Functional fixedness
• C)Counterfactual thinking
• D)The representativeness heuristic

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Definitions:

Thematic Apperception Test

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Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Carl Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, known for his concepts of the collective unconscious, archetypes, and individuation.

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