One day at work, Julie's earring fell on the floor, and she was unable to find the back. To keep from losing her earring, Julie reinserted it and used part of a pencil eraser to keep the earring in place. Using a pencil eraser as a temporary earring back showed that Julie overcame __________.
A) functional fixedness
B) a mental set
C) confirmation bias
D) transformation bias

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Functional fixedness is the tendency to think of an object only in terms of its typical use. In this scenario, Julie had to think creatively and overcome functional fixedness by using a pencil eraser as a temporary earring back.

One Day at Work, Julie's Earring Fell on the Floor