Evelyn notices that a screw on her bicycle is loose, and she doesn't have a screwdriver with her. So she searches through her pocket and finds a dime, which is the appropriate thickness to tighten the screw. Evelyn has demonstrated
a. overcoming a mental set.
b. overcoming functional fixedness.
c. overcoming a heuristic.
d. a fixed mindset.
Ans: b
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