Functional fixedness refers to
A)continued use of problem-solving strategies that have worked in the past.
B)arriving at a particularly insightful solution to a problem.
C)focusing on information that is irrelevant to the solution of the problem.
D)the tendency to see an item only in terms of its most common use.

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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, which can hinder the process of solving a problem by not considering alternative uses for the objects available.

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