GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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Failing to use a dime as a screwdriver when you have lost your screwdriver
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Not being able to solve a physics problem because you apply the same rule you always do
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Using a blanket as a pillow
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Adding water to a cake mix when it calls for milk
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Thinking of an apple first when you are asked to name fruits
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Detailed explanation-1: -A really famous example of functional fixedness involves a candle, thumbtacks, and a box of matches.
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 the inability to realize that something known to have a particular use may also be used to perform other functions. When one is faced with a new problem, functional fixedness blocks one’s ability to use old tools in novel ways. Overcoming functional…
Detailed explanation-4: -Functional fixedness is when one fails to find an object to solve a problem. For example if one had no hammer to hammer in a nail and didn’t realize he could use his bat, he could not figure out how to drive a nail.