'Escape rooms' are games in which players have to interpret clues and solve puzzles to move through, or 'escape' from, a series of rooms. You decide to go to one with some friends. Your friend solves the first puzzle, which had nothing to do with a key. You realize that you had expected a key to be involved with the first puzzle, which might account for the fact that you spent most of your time looking places where you thought a key might be hidden. What phenomenon could explain your searching behaviour?
A)mental set
B)incubation
C)displacement
D)functional fixedness
E)aphasia

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Your searching behavior can be explained by "mental set," which is the tendency to approach situations in a certain way because that method worked in the past. Expecting a key to be involved based on previous experiences or common escape room scenarios led you to focus on finding a key, even though it was not necessary for solving the puzzle.

'Escape Rooms' Are Games in Which Players Have to Interpret