Consider the following scenario. You are at work, and the strap on your shoe breaks. You have to figure out a way to fix it; otherwise, you will not be able to walk properly with both shoes. You use a paperclip to hold the strap on. This example rejects the idea of ______.
A. pathological behavior
B. functional fixedness
C. improper fixedness
D. means-end strategy
Answer: B
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In discussing the personal development of males and females, Chodorow:
a. accepts the Freudian ideal of male superiority and female inferiority b. concludes that both sexes eventually have the same interests, values, and goals c. thinks that females should adopt only masculine values in order to be psychologically healthy d. concludes that both genders have strengths and weaknesses
The formal operations stage is defined by the ability to ______.
a. form object permanence b. understand that objects do not lose their basic features even when they physically change c. use transductive reasoning d. reason logically about abstract ideas and hypothetical reasoning
The motivation to think and analyze is referred to as a need for:
A. inoculation. B. contemplation. C. cognition. D. sublimation.
The desire to have a positive impact on the world is referred to as
A. an inability to care for non-family members. B. belief in one's ability to be generative. C. subjective sense of accomplishment of generativity. D. generative motivation.