Maxwell is working on a challenging "mind bender" that is asking him to connect nine dots using only four lines without taking his pencil off the paper. the nine dots are placed in three groups of three in a square-like formation. maxwell works on the problem for about fifteen minutes before he realizes that he has been employing the same ineffective strategy. he is forgetting to consider the special circumstances of that particular problem. as soon as he does consider the special circumstances of that particular problem, he'll increase his chances of solving the problem. until then, maxwell will continue to experience
asked feb 29, 2016 in psychology by muffy
a) functional fixedness.
b) the means-end analysis.
c) the affirming the consequent phenomenon.
d) a mental set.

d) a mental set.  

Explanation:

Mental set: The mental set is a structure for reasoning and thinking about a specific problem. A mental set can be formed through desire or habit. It helps to solve day to day problems yet a wrong mental set can hinder problem-solving ability and creativity. A person tends to approach a situation or problem the same way as he or she has done in the past because it has worked earlier.

Example: A child may solve a mathematics problem in the same manner as he has done earlier.

In the question above, Maxwell will continue to experience a mental set.

the correct answer is 2.

a slump in geology means a mass movement process of slope failure. a mass of rock or unconsolidated material drops along a slip surface. in other words, rock layers move a short distance down the slope. the slump block is an intact block (2), without any landslide material.

in this image, 1 is the surface of rapture (scarp), 2 the slump block, 3 main scarp (crown), 4 base of rapture with debris flow.

slumps are caused by clear cutting on unstable soils and the sagging of earth, in coastal areas they are due to wave infiltration.

explanation:

it was dumb and stupid town