Randall believes that aliens crashed in the western United States in the 1950s.When looking for information about this on the Internet,he ignores any sites that are skeptical of his belief and only visits and talks with his friends about the sites that support his belief.This is an example of functional fixedness.

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This is not an example of functional fixedness, but rather confirmation bias. Randall is seeking out information that confirms his pre-existing belief and ignoring any information that contradicts it.

Randall Believes That Aliens Crashed in the Western United States