Kendra has been a professional chef for 20 years. Instead of following recipes step-by-step, she uses her experience to guide her cooking, adding a pinch of salt here, or a little extra oil there. Kendra's approach to cooking is an example of:
A) functional fixedness.
B) a heuristic.
C) a mental set.
D) an algorithm.
Answer: B
Rationale: Heuristics are problem-solving strategies that stem from prior experiences and provide an educated guess as to what is the most likely solution.
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