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ghost!

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The example from the text, A room full of Ph.D.s and nobody can open a book (using a partially open textbook to adjust height of projection from a slide projector with a broken base), illustrates __________.
 
  a. functional fixedness
  b. conditional reasoning
  c. syllogistic reasoning
  d. meansend analysis

Question 2

Wasting a lot of time opening junk mail, even when the envelope is obviously not a real bill, might reflect __________.
 
  a. functional fixedness
  b. implicit set
  c. syllogistic reasoning
  d. meansend analysis


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

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a


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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
:D TYSM

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