Making Several Minor Household Repairs, Alyssa Uses a Shoe as a Hammer

question 190

Multiple Choice

Making several minor household repairs, Alyssa uses a shoe as a hammer and a butter knife as a screwdriver. Which of the following statements best characterizes Alyssa's problem solving

• A)She is demonstrating schematic processing.
• B)She has been released from functional fixedness.
• C)She is taking advantage of the availability heuristic.
• D)She is using counterfactual thinking.

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