Every time he loses his wallet, Hakeem cannot stop checking the back pocket of the pants he is wearing. He knows the wallet is not there, and yet he continues to put his hand in the pocket to check just "one more time." This tendency to try to solve problems in the same way every time is called __________.
A. mental set
B. means-end analysis
C. noncompensatory modeling
D. prototypical idealization
Answer: A
Psychology
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