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a. ​the tendency tosee an items only in terms of its most common use. b. ​continued use of problem-solving strategies that have worked in the past. c. ​arriving at a particularly insightful solution to a problem. d. ​focusing on information that is irrelevant to the solution of the problem.

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c. the tendency to see an item only in terms of its most common use.

Step-by-step explanation:

Functional fixedness refers to the tendency to see an item only in terms of its most common use. It is a cognitive bias that makes an individual use a thing only in the traditional way it was meant to be used even though there are other uses it could be put into.

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