A person who uses a drop of superglue to seal a paper cut on their finger has overcome the obstacle to effective problem solving called
A) working backward.
B) regression to the average.
C) functional fixedness.
D) the anchoring bias.
E) the representativeness heuristic.

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The person has overcome functional fixedness, which is the tendency to see objects only in their traditional and usual way, and not as tools that can be used in new and unconventional ways. In this case, the person has used superglue, which is traditionally used for bonding materials together, to seal a paper cut on their finger.

A Person Who Uses a Drop of Superglue to Seal