When Ian Was Attempting to Assemble a Piece of Furniture

Multiple Choice

When Ian was attempting to assemble a piece of furniture, he knew that a part of it needed to be attached, but it was in an area that was difficult to reach. He considered several ways to attach the part and decided that using a glue gun would produce a workable solution to the problem. In this instance, Ian was using

A) an algorithmic strategy.
B) functional fixedness to solve the problem.
C) insightful problem solving.
D) a functional solution to solve the problem.