Marcie is trying to fix a broken panel on her new fence using the same procedure she has used to fix fences in the past. Her approach does not work, and she is stumped about how to mend her fence. This is an example of __________interfering with problem solving.
A. a mental set
B. algorithmic thinking
C. nondivergent thinking
D. functional fixedness
Answer: A
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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a. develop the properties characteristic of their new location b. maintain the properties of their original location c. become dysfunctional, with properties of both the original and new locations d. die
A split-brain patient sees something in her left visual field, and must reach behind a screen and select the object from a group of objects. She will select the object correctly with ____
a. the left hand b. the right hand c. either hand d. neither hand
_______________ may occur because of mistakes made when DNA copies itself during cell division or because of environmental factors such as ultraviolet radiation from the sun
a. Twins b. Noncoding DNA c. Epigenetics d. Mutations