Question

chapter 07 quiz: thinking, language, and intelligence
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which of the following describes functional fixedness?
the inability to see new uses for familiar objects
using strategies that have worked well in the past
the tendency to stick to an initial hypothesis even when there is strong evidence to the contrary.
the tendency to make decisions based on examples that readily come to mind.
when taking her exam, nour considered each answer choice and tried to narrow down each alternative until she was able to settle on the one correct answer to each question. which type of thought process was nour using on her exam?
convergent thinking
brainstorming
conceptual combination
creativity

Explanation:

Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias where people are unable to see new uses for familiar objects. Convergent thinking involves narrowing down multiple options to find a single correct answer, which is what Nour was doing.

Answer:

The answer to the first question is: The inability to see new uses for familiar objects.
The answer to the second question is: Convergent thinking.