Obstacles to Problem Solving in Psychology Quiz
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>A–B–C–C</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difficulty conceptualizing that an object typically used for one purpose can be used for another called?

    <p>Functional fixedness</p> Signup and view all the answers

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