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Azhar Momin
on Dec 27, 2024
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Claudia wants to send a fragile vase to her parents for their anniversary but she can't find any appropriate packing material in her house. She decides to pop some popcorn and use that to pack around the vase. In this case, Claudia has
A) demonstrated functional fixedness in solving her problem.
B) effectively utilised the availability heuristic in solving her problem.
C) overcome functional fixedness in solving her problem.
D) utilised an elimination-by-aspects strategy to solve her problem.
Functional Fixedness
A mental shortcut that restricts an individual to employing an item solely in its conventional manner, obstructing innovative thinking and the ability to solve problems.
Availability Heuristic
A cognitive bias where people judge the likelihood of events based on how easily examples come to mind.
Elimination-by-aspects Strategy
A decision-making process where choices are sequentially eliminated based on whether they fail to meet certain criteria.
- Elucidate the notion of functional fixedness and how it influences problem-solving capabilities.
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Learning Objectives
- Elucidate the notion of functional fixedness and how it influences problem-solving capabilities.