Because he is a hopeless romantic,Chad buys his wife a single red rose for no particular reason while grocery shopping.Realizing that he doesn't own a vase,he also buys the only one the supermarket has in stock,which is rather expensive.Upon coming home,his wife says,"Thanks for the rose,but is the vase really necessary? We can just put it in one of your many empty wine bottles that litter the kitchen." Chad's failure to realize that a wine bottle can serve as a makeshift,yet romantic,vase is an example of:

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Chad's failure to realize that a wine bottle can serve as a makeshift vase shows functional fixedness - the inability to see an object's potential for alternate uses beyond its typical function. He was fixed on the idea that a vase is required for a flower to be presented to his wife, without considering that a wine bottle could also serve the same purpose.

Because He Is a Hopeless Romantic,Chad Buys His Wife a Single