Missy Is Given This Problem: Mt

question 53

Multiple Choice

Missy is given this problem: Mt. Washington is lower than Mt. Jefferson.
Mt) Washington is higher than Mt. Adams.
Which mountain is highest?
Missy reads the fourth word incorrectly-she thinks the word is higher rather than lower-and consequently answers the problem incorrectly. From an information processing perspective, Missy's difficulty is due to:

• A) Her limited working memory capacity
• B) Functional fixedness
• C) The way she encodes information
• D) The fact that she is retrieving information that hasn't been stored meaningfully

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