Question

Jason is trying to tighten a slotted screw in his desk chair before finishing his physics homework. Though he has looked through his dorm room he is unable to locate a screw driver for slotted screws. Jason looks on his dresser and sees a dime, picks it up, and uses it to tighten the screw in his desk chair. Jason’s ability to look at the dime and see something other than a coin illustrates that he has overcome a. functional fixedness. b. the availability heuristic. c. algorithmic paralysis. d. irrelevant information bias.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. functional fixedness

Explanation:

Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias (systematic pattern in thinking that can affect your judgements). Functional fixedness limits you to use something only how the object is usually used.

Jason has overcome functional fixedness because he used a dime in away that it is not traditionally used.