Derek is mowing the lawn when a wheel falls off the lawnmower. Derek cannot find a screwdriver, so he uses the edge of a dime to screw the wheel back on. Derek has overcome which obstacle to problem solving?
A. Means-end analysis
B. Functional fixedness
C. Confirmation bias
D. Multiple hypotheses
Answer: B
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b. neurotrophins. c. sonic hedgehog. d. inducing proteins.
The cases of Calvin C. Johnson and Cornelius Dupree provide examples of _________________________, or cases in which the police stop investigating other leads and focus only developing evidence against the suspects identified by eyewitnesses and believed to be guilty
A. confirmation bias B. prosecutorial discretion C. police officer discretion D. none of the above
During early language development, rules of language may be applied too widely, resulting in the grammatical error called __________. An example may be a child saying that he "runned" home
FIll in the blank with correct word.
The Bayer Company developed ________ and then abandoned this drug because ________
a. heroin; it was more addictive than morphine b. cocaine; it was addictive c. aspirin; is caused upset stomach d. LSD; it was too potent e. ecstasy; it caused seizures