Derek Is Mowing the Lawn When a Wheel Falls Off

question 137

Multiple Choice

Derek is mowing the lawn when a wheel falls off the lawnmower. Derek cannot find a screwdriver, so he uses the edge of a dime to screw the wheel back on. Derek has overcome which obstacle to problem solving?

• A)Means-end analysis
• B)Functional fixedness
• C)Confirmation bias
• D)Multiple hypotheses

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