Question

An individual uses a paper clip to unlock the door to her house because she has misplaced her key. This individual's approach to solving the problem avoids.
a. syllogistic reasoning
b. inductive reasoning
c. deductive reasoning
d. functional fixedness
e. means-end analysis

Answer 1

Answer:Functional fixedness

Explanation:Functional fixedness is our cognitive bias of being fixated only in a traditional use of an object without considering other potential use of it. For example a paper clip is only considered for it sole use as a device which is used to hold sheets of paper together, but a person who avoids function fixedness is able to also use the same paper clip in other functions such as opening a locked door.

Functional fixedness hinder us from seeing various potential functional use of an object and from thing and coming up with out of the box ideas that can fix certain issues.

How Functional Fixedness Influences Problem-Solving

If you wanted to hang a picture in a wall but you didn't have a hammer you will not consider other tools that you can use for the same task. Someone without functional fixedness may suggest using a metal wrench to put the nail into the wall and it may suprise you.