Claudia wants to send a fragile vase to her parents for their anniversary, but she can't find any appropriate packing material in her house. She decides to pop some popcorn and use that to pack around the vase. In this case, Claudia has
A)demonstrated functional fixedness in solving her problem.
B)effectively utilized the availability heuristic in solving her problem.
C)overcome functional fixedness in solving her problem.
D)utilized an elimination-by-aspects strategy to solve her problem.

Question

Claudia wants to send a fragile vase to her parents for their anniversary, but she can't find any appropriate packing material in her house. She decides to pop some popcorn and use that to pack around the vase. In this case, Claudia has ​
A)demonstrated functional fixedness in solving her problem. ​
B)effectively utilized the availability heuristic in solving her problem.
C)overcome functional fixedness in solving her problem.
D)utilized an elimination-by-aspects strategy to solve her problem.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Claudia has overcome functional fixedness by using popcorn, an item not traditionally used for packing, to protect the vase. Functional fixedness is the inability to see an object being used for something other than what it is designed for. By using popcorn as packing material, Claudia demonstrates the ability to think beyond the conventional uses of objects.

Claudia Wants to Send a Fragile Vase to Her Parents