PSYC 1001 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Functional Fixedness, Conjunction Fallacy, Availability Heuristic
6 Apr 2015
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Q 2: people often assume that it is necessary to use all the numerical information provided in a problem in order to solve the problem. In reality, numerical information sometimes makes it more difficult to solve a problem. Why: the information results in a mental set, the information puts unnecessary constraints on the problem solver, the information encourages functional fixedness, the information may be irrelevant. Q 4: people often find it difficult to solve a problem by using a familiar object in a novel way. What is this called: unnecessary constraints, irrelevant information, a mental set, functional fixedness. Q 6: in a new reality tv show, people from different cultures are put into situations where they must solve a series of problems. On the first day, they receive an instruction booklet that gives them their first problem. They must start a fire in a fire pit, but the wood next to the fire pit is wet.
