Derek is mowing the lawn when a wheel falls off the lawnmower. Derek cannot find a screwdriver, so he uses the edge of a dime to screw the wheel back on. Derek has overcome which obstacle to problem solving??
a. ?means-end analysis
b. ?functional fixedness
c. ?confirmation bias
d. ?multiple hypotheses
ANSWER:
b
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