You are trying to unscrew the battery cover on your alarm clock, but you do not have a screwdriver. If you realize that a dime can be used as a screwdriver and then use it, you have avoided the problem of
A)mental imagery
B)functional fixedness
C)incubation
D)subgoal analysis
E)divergent thinking

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Functional fixedness is the inability to see an object being used for something other than what it was designed for. By using a dime as a screwdriver, you have overcome functional fixedness by seeing the dime not just as currency, but as a tool to unscrew the battery cover.

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