"A toothpick is a toothpick.It can't be used for anything except to pick your teeth." This person is experiencing:
A) interference
B) convergent thinking
C) functional fixedness
D) an availability heuristic

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The person in this scenario is experiencing functional fixedness, which is the tendency to think of an object only in terms of its typical use or function. They are unable to recognize alternative uses for a toothpick beyond simply picking their teeth.

"A Toothpick Is a Toothpick