Riley has figured out how to unlock his bedroom door with a paper cli
A)functional fixedness
B)the representational problem
C)the representative heuristic
D)the confirmation bias

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Functional fixedness is the tendency to perceive an object only in terms of its most common use. Riley may have initially only perceived the paperclip as a writing instrument and had to think creatively to see it as a tool to unlock his door.

Riley Has Figured Out How to Unlock His Bedroom Door