One specific way to overcome the obstacle of a mental set when attempting to solve a problem is to ____.?
a. ?try functional fixedness
b. ?use overextension
c. ?practice a representative heuristic
d. ?let it incubate
ANSWER:
d
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a. dependent b. independent c. experimental d. control
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a. gender labeling, gender stability, gender consistency b. gender stability, gender labeling, gender consistency c. gender labeling, gender consistency, gender stability d. gender consistency, gender labeling, gender stability
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