Kevin succeeds in getting his children to do chores by using threats. He fails to recognize that kindness would be even more effective in gaining their cooperation. Kevin's shortsightedness best illustrates a consequence of

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Kevin's reliance on threats and failure to consider kindness as an alternative approach demonstrates a mental set, which is the tendency to approach situations in a certain way because that method has worked in the past, even if it might not be the most effective strategy.

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