One way that functional fixedness and mental set are similar to each other is that
a. Both emphasize our reliance on bottom-up processing.
b. Both show that we rely too heavily on a strategy that is typically useful.
c. Both show that we tend to emphasize the positive, rather than the negative.
d. Both emphasize our inability to use situated learning effectively.
Ans: b
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