When Ming sprained his ankle in a backyard softball game, his girlfriend grabbed a bag of frozen corn from the freezer to wrap around his ankle until they got him to the local clinic.In this case, Ming's girlfriend:
A)showed high levels of functional fixedness
B)was able to overcome functional fixedness
C)demonstrated effective use of the availability heuristic
D)relied on anchoring and adjustment

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Ming's girlfriend was able to overcome functional fixedness by using a bag of frozen corn in a non-traditional way to serve as a cold compress for Ming's sprained ankle.

When Ming Sprained His Ankle in a Backyard Softball Game