Gary has a beautiful house on the beach in Vancouver. When Gary drives to the office each morning he follows the coastline as he knows his office is directly south of his home and is also on the waterfront. He also uses the coast road to get to the dentist, the grocery store, and the post office. When his teenage son starts driving he immediately points out to Gary that he is driving an extra 6 miles a day when he takes the coast road to the post office. Gary missed the more efficient route due to his ______________.
A)mental set
B)inductive reasoning
C)lack of framing the problem
D)availability heuristic

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Gary missed the more efficient route due to his mental set, which is a tendency to approach situations in a certain way because that method has worked in the past. This led him to overlook a more efficient route to the post office.

Gary Has a Beautiful House on the Beach in Vancouver