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 constrained by a powerful mental set.
B) She has been released from functional fixedness.
C) She is taking advantage of the representative heuristic.
D) She is forming subgoals.

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Alyssa has been able to use objects that are not typically associated with their respective tools (shoe as hammer, butter knife as screwdriver), indicating that she has been able to overcome the functional fixedness that typically constrains problem-solving.

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