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Jason is looking down at the tiny vent holes on his laptop computer, and notices how dusty they have become. When blowing on the holes does not clear the dust from them, he takes a paper clip and unbends it. He then uses the straight ends to clear the dust from each of the vent holes. Although this takes a bit of time, he is pleased with the overall result. Jasons ability to look at the paper clip and see something other than holding papers together illustrates that he has overcome _____.
 
  a. algorithmic paralysis
  b. functional fixedness
  c. the availability heuristic
  d. irrelevant information bias

Question 2

A possible barrier to successful problem solving, in which a concept is considered only in its most typical form, is called ____.
 
  a. algorithmic paralysis
  b. functional fixedness
  c. the availability heuristic
  d. irrelevant information bias



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Answer to Question 1

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b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
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renzo156

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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