AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Functional fixedness is what’s called a cognitive bias . This means that your brain is used to thinking of a particular thing in a specific way, which limits your ability to think of it in a new or innovative way. Functional fixedness is deeply ingrained in your brain-so much so that it can show up on an imaging test.

Detailed explanation-2: -Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that limits a person’s ability to use an object in more ways than it is traditionally used and affects an individual’s ability to innovate and be creative when solving challenges.

Detailed explanation-3: -Functional fixedness is a type of cognitive bias that involves a tendency to see objects as only working in a particular way. 1 For example, you might view a thumbtack as something that can only be used to hold paper to a corkboard.

Detailed explanation-4: -Example: You probably imagine a dry erase marker in a straight, white, round tube. You know what it would feel like to hold in your hand. And that’s your structural fixedness kicking in.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cognitive Fixedness is a state of mind in which an object or situation is perceived in one specific way, to the exclusion of any alternative.