While searching for an artifact, Indiana Jones is captured by mercenaries and tied up with rope. He keeps looking for a dagger or sword to cut the rope, not realizing that he could use a jagged rock instead. This is an example of how stress can cause
A. functional fixedness.
B. ruminative thinking.
C. catastrophizing.
D. cognitive restructuring.
Answer: A
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