Viewing a pencil as only a writing instrument is an example of ____.?

a. ?functional fixedness
b. ?a mental set
c. ?an algorithm
d. ?a phoneme

ANSWER:
a

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The research finding that "people who drink a lot of alcohol tend to have high blood pressure" indicates ______

a. that high blood pressure causes people to drink alcohol b. that drinking alcohol contributes to high blood pressure c. that drinking alcohol and blood pressure are correlated d. drinking is unrelated to blood pressure

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