Q.
Mr. A goes out one frosty morning and finds that his car is covered with a thick layer of frost. He needs to get to work and looks for his ice scraper. Unable to find it, he thinks a moment, goes into the house, and returns with a hard plastic spatula from the kitchen. In using the spatula as a make shift ice scraper Mr. A has overcome
[A] Confirmation fixedness
[B] Confirmation bias
[C] Creativity bias
[D] Functional fixedness
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Functional fixedness