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rachel9

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Which of the following is an example of an action slip?
 
  a) Driving halfway to work before realizing you were supposed to drive to a medical appointmen
 b) Reaching out with your hand while driving to prevent a child from flying forward during a sudden stop
 c) Neglecting to use a turn signal at an intersection where all the cars in front of you are also turning
 d) Ignoring a stop sign because you are talking on a cell phone while driving

Question 2

A computer technician spends his workday dealing with complex technical problems. Then he goes home and can't get the monitor on his wife's desktop computer to work.
 
  After searching in vain for problems such as a defective video card, he is embarrassed when his 6-year-old son observes that the monitor is not plugged in. The technician's problem is an example of which of the following?
   a) Negative set (Einstellung
 b) Functional fixedness
 c) Lack of an algorithm
 d) Insufficient incubation


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kxciann

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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rachel9

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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:D TYSM

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