Monique routinely uses a shredder to shred her junk mail into confetti-sized pieces of paper,which she then just throws away.When packing her glassware to move into a new apartment,she runs out of protective styrofoam packing material.Suddenly Monique gets the idea to empty her shredder and use the shredded junk mail confetti for packing material.Monique has _____.

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Monique has overcome functional fixedness, which is the tendency to think of an object only in its usual or customary way and to overlook other potential uses of it. In this case, Monique was able to see beyond the initial purpose of shredding paper and recognize that the shredded paper could be used as a substitute for styrofoam packing material. The other options (B, C, and D) do not accurately describe Monique's problem-solving approach in this scenario.

Monique Routinely Uses a Shredder to Shred Her Junk Mail