Functional fixedness is
A)the tendency to rely on strategies that have been successful in the past.
B)a type of means-end heuristic.
C)the inability to see how familiar objects can be used in new ways.
D)a form of backward-thinking heuristic.
E)a type of multiple intelligence.

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Functional fixedness is the cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used, which means they struggle to see a tool being used in a novel manner. This is why option C is correct, as it directly describes this limitation.

Functional Fixedness Is