Define functional fixedness, and provide three examples.
What will be an ideal response?
Student examples will vary. A sample answer follows. Functional fixedness is focusing on how things are usually used, while ignoring other potential uses. Examples include being out of ornament hangers and not realizing that paperclips can be fashioned to work the same way, needing a crutch and not seeing that an upside-down golf club can temporarily serve as one, and needing to fix a hem and not realizing that tape will work when you do not have needle and thread.
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b. Babies can remember their own names at two weeks of age. c. Other than the scent of their own mothers, young babies demonstrate no significant memory skills. d. Young babies remember events for days, or even weeks.
According to memory research, studying is most effective if study sessions are
A. short but all on a single day. B. long and all on a single day. C. short and across several days. D. long and across several days.
For women, the most common cause of infertility is ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A deliberate attempt to influence the attitudes and/or behavior of another person defines _____
a) obedience. b) the behavioral view of change. c) persuasion. d) the cognitive component of change.