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What is the challenge of ignoring irrelevant surface details and focusing on meaningful details known as?
What is the challenge of ignoring irrelevant surface details and focusing on meaningful details known as?
- Functional fixedness
- Obstacles to problem solving
- Salience of surface similarities (correct)
- Mental sets
What is the phenomenon of becoming stuck in a specific problem-solving strategy called?
What is the phenomenon of becoming stuck in a specific problem-solving strategy called?
- Obstacles to problem solving
- Mental sets (correct)
- Salience of surface similarities
- Functional fixedness
What disrupts the performance of the last trial in the jar problem?
What disrupts the performance of the last trial in the jar problem?
- Mental sets
- Functional fixedness
- Performance on early trials (correct)
- Salience of surface similarities
In the jar problem, what is the solution for the first and second trials?
In the jar problem, what is the solution for the first and second trials?
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What is the difficulty conceptualizing that an object typically used for one purpose can be used for another called?
What is the difficulty conceptualizing that an object typically used for one purpose can be used for another called?
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