Imagining how another person would view the problem and asking "silly" or playful questions are ways to
a. restate the problem in different and novel ways.
b. create mental sets that must be avoided.
c. narrowly define a problem so it can be clearly understood.
d. prevent incubation of the problem.
ANSWER: a
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