Committing to one hypothesis without adequately testing other possibilities is called
a) set effect.
b) confirmation bias.
c) functional fixedness.
d) difficulty in problem representation.
B
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Maturation of the prefrontal cortexes is directly related to subsiding of temper tantrums
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.