Question

5.8 Check for Understanding 1. An individual uses a paper clip to unlock the door to her house because she has misplaced her key. This individual's approach to solving the problem avoids a) Syllogistic reasoning b) Inductive reasoning c) Deductive reasoning d) Functional fixedness e) Means-end analysis 2. A group of friends watched a recent episode of a crime investigation show and concluded that they would have been able to figure out who was responsible for the crime more proficiently than did the television investigators. The friends' overestimation of their ability to determine who committed the crime is most likely due to a reasoning error known as a) Availability heuristic b) Hindsight bias c) Confirmation bias d) Cognitive dissonance e) Actor-observer bias
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Answer 1

1) An individual uses a paper clip to unlock the door to her house because she has misplaced her key. This individual's approach to solving the problem avoids - Functional fixedness.

2) A group of friends watched a recent episode of a crime investigation show and concluded that they would have been able to figure out who was responsible for the crime more proficiently than did the television investigators. The friends overestimation of their ability to determine who committed the crime is most likely due to a reasoning error known as - hindsight bias.