In one study, students were given two problems to solve. The first problem involved radiation and a tumor, the second involved a general and a fortress. Students rarely saw that the solution to the second problem could be used to solve the first problem because the two problems seemed too different. Being distracted by the superficial features of a problem is the obstacle to problem solving known as ________________.
a. salience of surface similarities
b. mental sets
c. functional fixedness
d. searching for analogies
Ans: a. salience of surface similarities
Psychology
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Psychology
A monochromat ______
a. responds only to red-green b. sees all colors except green and blue c. responds only to light and dark d. responds only to blue-yellow
Psychology