While moving into a new apartment, Titus needed to hold the door open with something heavy. It suddenly dawned on him that he could use his huge potted tree as a doorstop. Titus solved this problem by overcoming
A. multiple hypotheses.
B. functional fixedness.
C. confirmation bias.
D. the probability effect.
Answer: B
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