According to the research on mental sets,
a. mental set is an overreliance on bottom-up processing.
b. mental set is especially helpful when you are trying to solve a problem creatively.
c. people may produce inferior problem solutions if they are shown examples of possible solutions before they try to solve the problem.
d. mental sets neither help nor hinder problem solving.
Ans: c
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