While walking to class one day, Nadia is caught in a downpour. Without an umbrella or rain jacket her hair will be ruined so Nadia takes her Psychology textbook and covers her head with it. This unconventional use of the textbook shows that Nadia has overcome ________________.

A. functional fixedness

B. divergent thinking

C. the confirmation bias

D. the availability heuristic


A. functional fixedness

Psychology

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Arthur is demonstrating the a. spatial framework model. b. landmark effect. c. alignment heuristic. d. rotation heuristic.

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Give some examples of evolutionary interpretations of mating behavior.

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This figure —O— tends to be perceived as a single line partially covered by a circle. Which Gestalt principle explains the tendency to organize the visual world in this way? Explain why

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