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

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Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used. By using a dime as a screwdriver, you have overcome this bias.

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