Consider the following scenario. You are at work, and the strap on your shoe breaks. You have to figure out a way to fix it; otherwise, you will not be able to walk properly with both shoes. You use a paperclip to hold the strap on. This example rejects the idea of ______.

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Functional fixedness is the cognitive bias where a person is only able to see an object's traditional use and they can't see how it could be used in a different way. In this case, the person was able to think creatively and saw the paperclip as a tool to fix their shoe instead of just an office supply.

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