Differentiation refers to specific rather than global actions

Jesse has an internal locus of control if, after being involved in a car accident, he believes the accident was due to

a. his sister playing the radio too loud. b. the street sign being poorly marked. c. his old car's faulty brakes. d. the other driver's negligence. e. his own lack of concentration.

A French automobile company once marketed a car with an unusual clutch mechanism in the United States. To disengage the gears prior to shifting, the driver had to depress the accelerator all the way to the floor

American drivers of this car never mastered this procedure and after numerous accidents and lawsuits the company stopped selling the car here. The difficulty with shifting this car was due to ______. a. functional fixedness c. heuristics b. bottom up processing d. overapplication of algorithms