Making several minor household repairs, Alyssa uses a shoe as a hammer and a butter knife as a screwdriver. Which of the following statements best characterizes Alyssa's problem solving
A)She is demonstrating schematic processing.
B)She has been released from functional fixedness.
C)She is taking advantage of the availability heuristic.
D)She is using counterfactual thinking.

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Alyssa is using objects (a shoe and a butter knife) for purposes other than their conventional uses, indicating she has overcome functional fixedness, which is the tendency to see objects as only working in a particular way.

Making Several Minor Household Repairs, Alyssa Uses a Shoe as a Hammer