Question

Monique routinely uses a shredder to shred her paper mail into confetti-sized pieces of paper. When packing her glassware to move into a new apartment, she runs out of protective Styrofoam packing material. Suddenly, Monique remembers about the shredded junk mail confetti that she could use as packing material. From the above scenario, it can be concluded that Monique has:

Answer 1

Answer:

overcome functional fixedness                                                                      

Explanation:

Functional fixedness: It is often referred to as a cognitive bias that hinders a person's perception to utilize an object only it has always been used traditionally.

According to Karl Duncker, functional fixedness is a mental block for using an object differently to solve a problem.

A person can overcome functional fixedness through attempts at recombination, for example, generic parts technique.

From the above scenario, it can be concluded that Monique has overcome functional fixedness.