Johannes Gutenberg,creator of the printing press,realized while at a wine harvest that the mechanical pressure used to crush grapes could also be used to imprint letters on paper,which
Illustrates that incubation is especially fruitful when you
A) are exposed to external cues that relate to the problem.
B) are allowed time to "thin-slice" possible solutions.
C) develop a prototype through convergent thinking.
D) can create mental sets from external cues.

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Johannes Gutenberg's discovery of the printing press demonstrates the importance of being exposed to external cues that relate to the problem during the incubation stage of problem-solving. In this case, he was inspired by the mechanical pressure used to crush grapes at a wine harvest, which led him to apply that same principle to printing letters on paper.

Johannes Gutenberg,creator of the Printing Press,realized While at a Wine