Upon discovering a lost baseball glove, joe decides to keep it, concluding that if he did not keep it, someone else would anyway. he figures, that if not the owner, at least he may benefit from it. this is an indication of a cognitive barrier arising

Considering only limited alternatives.

Explanation:

There are six sub-types to cognitive barriers: unwillingness to see one’s needs as information needs, inability to articulate one’s information needs, unawareness of information sources, low self-efficacy, poor search skills and inability to deal with information overload.

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