Question

Henry's dog sparky has been rolling in the mud. henry must bathe sparky before the dog gets mud all over the carpet. however, henry is unable to find the plug for the tub. sitting on the counter right beside the tub is a fifty-cent piece. in his frustration, henry fails to see that the coin could be used as an emergency plug for the tub. what happened to henry?

Answer 1

The answer is Henry suffered from functional fixedness. In addition, the functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that restricting a person to use an object only in the way it is traditionally used. The conception of functional fixedness was created in Gestalt psychology in which it is an undertaking in psychology that gives prominence to holistic dispensation.