Marisol was on the phone and had to jot down an important phone number. She rummaged through her purse for a pen, but all she found were a pair of tweezers and an old lipstick. Her failure to consider using the lipstick to write down the number is an example of.

The answer is functional fixedness.

Explanation:

Functional fixedness is described as the inability to use an object in a different way than usual. For example, a person looking for a pair of scissors to cut paper might not realise it's also possible to use a utility knife or even a ruler.

Studies show that very young children do not present functional fixedness. Instead, this phenomenon appears around age seven, when children learn to use objects "properly".

it is due to the halo effect as the impression of the boy created earlier.on the mind of the principle affected his decision

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