While moving into a new apartment,Cole needed to hold the door open but he did not have a doorstop.Instead,he used his heavy potted plant to prop open the door.Cole solved
This problem by
A) overcoming functional fixedness.
B) framing.
C) restructuring.
D) using a mental set.

Question

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Cole overcame functional fixedness by using the potted plant for a purpose other than its conventional use, which is to hold a plant. Functional fixedness is the inability to see an object being used for something other than what it was designed for, and by using the potted plant as a doorstop, Cole demonstrated his ability to see beyond the traditional use of the potted plant.

While Moving into a New Apartment,Cole Needed to Hold the Door