Rosemary, a college professor, has not been able to give up her overhead projector and transparencies even though her classroom has equipment that will support computer-generated projected images. This might be an example of __________
A) a heuristic.
B) a mental set.
C) an algorithm.
D) an analogy heuristic.

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This is an example of a mental set, as Rosemary is stuck in her ways of using the overhead projector and is not willing to try out the new technology available to her. All the other options do not fit the scenario presented.

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