Young children are seldom bothered with functional fixedness.What will a two -year-old do when given a key and a lock? a. Try to use the key to unlock daddy's tackle box. b. Try the key in every lock in the house. c. Slide the lock and key down the slide. d. Use the lock on the door to bird cage and the closet door.

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Young children are seldom bothered with functional fixedness.What will a two -year-old do when given a key and a lock? a. Try to use the key to unlock daddy's tackle box. b. Try the key in every lock in the house. c. Slide the lock and key down the slide. d. Use the lock on the door to bird cage and the closet door.

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The answer is **c. Slide the lock and key down the slide.**Functional fixedness is the tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions. Young children haven't yet developed these rigid ideas about object use. A two-year-old is much more likely to explore the objects in novel ways, such as sliding them down a slide, rather than attempting to use them for their intended purpose.

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