When Quentin sprained his ankle in a backyard softball game, his girlfriend grabbed a bag of frozen corn from the freezer to wrap around his ankle until they got him to the local clinic. In this case, Quentin's girlfriend
A) effectively utilized the availability heuristic.
B) was able to overcome functional fixedness.
C) demonstrated functional fixedness in treating Quentin's sprained ankle.
D) successfully utilized an elimination-by-aspects strategy.

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Quentin's girlfriend was able to think outside the box and use a bag of frozen corn as a makeshift ice pack, showing that she was able to overcome functional fixedness (the tendency to be rigid in one's thinking about the functions of objects). The other answer choices do not accurately describe the situation.

When Quentin Sprained His Ankle in a Backyard Softball Game