Lolita uses her kitchen knife to cut vegetables.She always uses her knife for either slicing bread or for chopping meat.Despite these uses,Lolita also occasionally uses the knife to unscrew nails from her kitchen equipment.This alternate way of using the knife shows that Lolita has overcome

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Functional fixedness refers to the tendency to view objects as only having one specific function, and to overlook alternative uses for them. By using her knife to unscrew nails, Lolita demonstrates that she has overcome functional fixedness and is able to see the knife as having multiple functions. Conservation refers to the understanding that the amount of a substance remains the same whether it is arranged in a different shape or size, and is not relevant to Lolita's use of her knife. The Flynn effect is a phenomenon where IQ scores have been increasing over time, which is not relevant to this situation. The sunk cost fallacy is a cognitive bias where a person continues investing in a decision or project because they have already invested resources into it, and is also not relevant to Lolita's use of her knife.

Lolita Uses Her Kitchen Knife to Cut Vegetables