A truck gets stuck under a bridge. Several tow trucks are unable to pull it out. At last a little boy walks up and asks the red-faced adults trying to free the truck why they haven't let the air out of the truck's tires. Their oversight was due to
A)divergent thinking.
B)functional incubation.
C)synesthesia.
D)fixation.

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The oversight was due to fixation, which is a cognitive bias that limits a person to utilizing only traditional methods or approaches to solve a new problem, preventing them from seeing alternative solutions like deflating the tires to lower the truck.

A Truck Gets Stuck Under a Bridge