Alex and Nicole just got married
They move into their new apartment and realize they need a coffee table. Alex takes four stacks of old textbooks and forms the legs of the table. He then takes an old piece of cardboard and lays it across the four "legs." Which cognitive tendency has Alex clearly mastered?
A) Mental set
B) Functional fixedness
C) Creative inhibition
D) Availability heuristic
Answer: B
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