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
A) intuition.
B) the availability heuristic.
C) an algorithm.
D) a mental set.

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Kevin's failure to recognize the effectiveness of kindness suggests that he is stuck in a mental set - he has a fixed idea of how he should motivate his children that prevents him from considering alternative approaches.

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