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awywial

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Ashley learns that if her car does not start on the first try, pressing the gas pedal before trying to start it again will get the car to work. The next time Ashley's car does not start, she tries pressing the gas pedal, but this does not work. She concludes that her car needs repairs and does not notice that she is simply out of gas. Ashley is experiencing ____.
 
  a. functional fixedness
  b. incubation
  c. the representativeness heuristic
  d. a mental set

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Connie believes that she has severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) because she has been coughing and sneezing for the past few days. However, Connie fails to realize that if she truly had SARS, she would be exhibiting several other symptoms as well. Connie seems to be ____.
 
  a. exhibiting functional fixedness
  b. ignoring negative evidence
  c. considering multiple hypotheses
  d. using the anchoring heuristic


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Ksh22

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
b


awywial

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Gracias!

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