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The tendency to rely on habits and procedures that worked to solve a problem in the past is termed:
 
  a) functional fixedness.
   b) stereotype threat.
   c) problem representation.
   d) mental set.

Question 2

According to the Gestalt psychologists, the sudden and successful restructuring of problem elements is termed:
 
  a) the law of effect.
   b) subgoal analysis.
   c) insight.
   d) problem space restructuring.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c



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