Multiple Choice
When Jean-Claude came back from skiing, he wanted to brew a cup of coffee. Because he was out of coffee filters, he settled for tea. Jean-Claude's failure to realize he could use a paper towel as a coffee filter best illustrates:
A) a mental set.
B) intuition.
C) functional fixedness.
D) the availability heuristic.
Correct Answer:
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