When someone does not see that a tool can be used for something other than its intended purpose, then ________________ can be said to have occurred
A) the anchoring effect
B) confirmation bias
C) functional fixedness
D) the representative heuristic
Answer: C
Rationale: Functional fixedness occurs when an individual identifies a potential operator, but can think of only its most obvious function.
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a. ?less carefully control external experimental conditions b. ?develop a working vocabulary free of meaning c. ?use languages other than English as a control measure d. ?use inspection rather than introspection e. ?specify the use of obscure terms
In general, the evaluation of suicide prevention centers' effectiveness indicates that ____
a. nearly half of all adolescents who commit suicide call a hot line first, indicating that the prevention centers are ineffective b. for the vast majority of callers, they are very helpful c. although they may not stop every suicide, callers feel that the centers provide more help than their friends d. although immediate mental health service is lacking, it is possible that they help
Regarding the use of dreams, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. About half of a group of college students who "set" their dreams before going to sleep for one week recalled a dream that helped them solve a personal problem. b. Your inhibitions tend to increase when you are dreaming. c. Even unimaginative people can use dreams to produce creative solutions. d. During a lucid dream, a person feels as if she or he is fully awake within the dream world and capable of normal thought and action.
In his story in Chapter 11, Cameron Dary led efforts to make a railroad crossing in his town safer, by:
a. helping to organize his friends b. collecting information on the problem c. meeting with the city council d. all of the above