While searching for an artifact,Indiana Jones is captured by mercenaries and tied up with rope.He keeps looking for a dagger or sword to cut the rope,not realizing that he could use a jagged rock instead.This is an example of how stress can cause ____.
A) functional fixedness
B) ruminative thinking
C) catastrophizing
D) cognitive restructuring

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This scenario illustrates functional fixedness, which is the tendency to think of an object only in terms of its typical use rather than considering alternate uses for it. In this case, Indiana Jones is so focused on finding a specific tool (a dagger or sword) to cut the rope that he overlooks the potential usefulness of a nearby jagged rock.

While Searching for an Artifact,Indiana Jones Is Captured by Mercenaries