Which statement illustrates fixation?
a. Trenton, sure he is using the correct formula, tries a new approach to analyze a set of data.
b. Michelle is using an updated version of a computer-automated design program to arrange the furniture for a new client.
c. Pierre did not hang his poster because he didn’t have a hammer and he didn’t consider using another object (e.g., a brick) to drive the nail into the wall.
d. Noelle has exhausted her culinary knowledge for how to fix a recipe and retreats to the Internet to find a solution.
Answer: C
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