Derek is mowing the lawn when a wheel falls off the lawnmower. Derek cannot find a screwdriver, so he uses the edge of a dime to screw the wheel back on. Derek has overcome which obstacle to problem solving?

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Derek has overcome functional fixedness, which is the tendency to see objects as only working in a particular way. By using a dime as a screwdriver, he has used an object in a non-traditional way to solve his problem.

Derek Is Mowing the Lawn When a Wheel Falls Off