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Gilbert has just raked up all the fallen leaves into a pile and now puzzles about how to move them into the far corner of the yard. It does not occur to him to pile them all into a canvas tarpaulin and drag them into the corner because he thinks of the tarpaulin as a cover for something, not a carrier. Gilbert is a victim of
a. functional fixedness.
b. prototypical thinking.
c. a mental set.
d. the base rate fallacy.
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