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luminitza · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

What did German and Defeyter (2000) find regarding development and functional fixedness?

a) Younger children are more likely than older children to demonstrate functional fixedness.
b) Older children are more likely than younger children to demonstrate functional fixedness.
c) There is no difference in functional fixedness demonstration between children and adults.
d) Children do not demonstrate functional fixedness, only teenagers and adults.

Question 2

In Duncker's famous candle problem study of functional fixedness, which of these conditions typically led to a breakthrough and eventual solution?

a) presenting the candles standing up on end
b) presenting the matches and tacks outside of their respective boxes
c) presenting the tacks in the match box and the matches in the tack box
d) presenting some other type of material, like buttons, in one of the boxes