Multiple Choice
Joan was placed in charge of planning her sorority's spring formal dance.If she thought she should hire the same band that played at last year's dance because of how much everyone enjoyed the band,Joan could be considered to be encountering the ____ barrier to effective problem-solving.
A) mental set
B) unnecessary constraints
C) irrelevant information
D) functional fixedness
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