Hakeem spent three hours trying to solve a physics problem to no avail. Finally, in frustration, he gave up and went to watch TV. To his surprise, while watching TV, Hakeem found that he suddenly knew how to solve the problem. Hakeem seems to have benefited from .
a. a mental set
b. functional fixedness
c. incubation
d. an algorithm

Incubation

Explanation:

Incubation is the stage of creativity. There are four stages in creativity such as preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification. Incubation is the second stage of creativity.

Incubation is the process in which unconscious thought are recombined that are stimulated by the conscious work in a point of time. The incubation is related to the insight process or the intuition.

This is the unconscious part of the process in which intuition or insight is become validated as an unconscious insight.

Hakeem was using or at the incubation stage of creativity that is benefited him.

the correct answer is "c": the pillars proclaimed his regret at the bloodshed at the battle of kalinga and his conversion to buddhism.

the kalinga war is considered as one of the largest battles in the history of india. it was fought between the between the maurya empire, which ruled the lands of what is now known as india at the time, and the independent feudal kingdom of kalinga.

the army of maurya empire, led by its king ashoka, fought a prolonged war against kalinga. the war ended around 262 bce with the victory of the maurya empire. it is believed that ashoka, after having witnessed the loss of many lives during this war, felt deep responsibility and eventually converted into buddhism.