Clyde is watching his son's baseball game.He brought his umbrella because he thought it was going to rain,but it turns out that it is incredibly sunny.Clyde complains to the guy next to him that he forgot his sunscreen,and the guy suggests that he use his umbrella for shade.Obviously,Clyde's neighbour is NOT suffering from
A) a mental set.
B) functional fixedness.
C) the confirmation bias.
D) the availability heuristic.

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Functional fixedness refers to a cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used. The neighbour in this scenario is suggesting that Clyde use his umbrella for shade, which is not the traditional use of an umbrella. Therefore, the neighbour is not suffering from functional fixedness. A, C, and D are all irrelevant to the scenario.

Clyde Is Watching His Son's Baseball Game