You have a bag of walnuts, but unfortunately, no nutcracker. Suddenly, you realize that the brick on the floor could be used to open the walnuts so you use it. You have just avoided the problem of
A)mental imagery
B)functional fixedness
C)incubation
D)subgoal analysis
E)divergent thinking

Question

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Functional fixedness is the cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used. By using the brick as a tool to open walnuts, you have overcome functional fixedness by thinking of the brick in a non-traditional way.

You Have a Bag of Walnuts, but Unfortunately, No Nutcracker