Zelma Is Asked to Think of All the Words She

question 158

Multiple Choice

Zelma is asked to think of all the words she can, beginning with the letters "squ" (e.g., squeak) . She is then given a fill-in-the-blank task on which one of the items is "s _ _ o n g." Zelma keeps trying to make "squong" a word, and has great difficulty coming up with the common word strong. Zelam's ability to solve this problem been hampered by __________.

• A) mental set
• B) a lack of analogy
• C) hierarchical thinking
• D) automatization

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