Functional Fixedness Is

question 47

Multiple Choice

Functional fixedness is

• A)the tendency to rely on strategies that have been successful in the past.
• B)a type of means-end heuristic.
• C)the inability to see how familiar objects can be used in new ways.
• D)a form of backward-thinking heuristic.
• E)a type of multiple intelligence.

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