You are on a small boat and need to anchor it to keep it from moving. All you have on board is a hammer and the clothes on your back. You realize that you could take off your shirt, rip it into strips, tie them together and finally tie the strips to the hammer and use this as an anchor. Here you have avoided the problem of
A)mentalimagery
B)incubation
C)functional fixedness
D)subgoal analysis
E)divergent thinking

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Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used. In this scenario, by using the hammer and shirt in unconventional ways to create an anchor, you have overcome functional fixedness.

You Are on a Small Boat and Need to Anchor