Hakeem spent three hours trying to solve a physics problem to no avail. Finally, in frustration, he gave up and went to watch TV. To his surprise, while watching TV, Hakeem found that he suddenly knew how to solve the problem. Hakeem seems to have benefited from ____.?
a. ?a mental set
b. ?functional fixedness
c. ?incubation
d. ?an algorithm
ANSWER:
c
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