Question

An interior designer on the TV show "Trading Spaces" used the frame of a car to create a child's bed. This is an example of _____.
A. the successful use of an algorithm
B. a mental set
C. the problem with reality TV shows
D. overcoming functional fixedness

Answer 1

Answer: overcoming functional fixedness

Explanation:

Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that limits a person to use an object or material only in the way it is traditionally or normally used. Therefore using a car frame to make child's bed is going against or overcoming the limits of functional fixedness.