A cook does not have any clean mixing bowls and has no way to wash them. If this cook fails to see that he could use a frying pan or part of his double boiler as a mixing bowl, he is exhibiting which barrier to problem-solving?
a. emotional
b. cultural
c. learned
d. perceptual
ANSWER: c
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