Nine-year-old Aleesa wants her father to play a video game with her, but Dad tells her, "Sorry, honey, I don't have time. There are dirty dishes in the kitchen sink, and the living room has to be dusted and vacuumed. I need to clean the house before Grandma and Grandpa come tonight. Aleesa thinks for a moment and then says, "How about if I wash the dishes and do the dusting? That way, you'll have

some time to play with me." Aleesa's approach to solving her problem—convincing Dad to play a video game—most clearly reflects:

a. brainstorming
b. use of an analogy
c. functional fixedness
d. means–ends analysis


d

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