One day at work, Pauline’s earring fell on the floor, and she was unable to find the back. To keep from losing her earring, Pauline reinserted it and used part of a pencil eraser to keep the earring...

One day at work, Pauline’s earring fell on the floor, and she was unable to find the back. To keep from losing her earring, Pauline reinserted it and used part of a pencil eraser to keep the earring in place. Using a pencil eraser as a temporary earring back showed that Pauline overcame a. a mental set. b. functional fixedness. c. confirmation bias. d. transformation bias.