GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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a delusion
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an illusion
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a mental set
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a generic insight
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mental set, in basic terms, refers to the tendency to stick to solutions that have worked for you in the past when trying to solve a problem. In trying to make these familiar solutions work, you typically end up overlooking or ignoring other possible solutions. This phenomenon is also known as the Einstellung effect.
Detailed explanation-2: -A mental set generally refers to the brain’s tendency to stick with the most familiar solution to a problem and stubbornly ignore alternatives. This tendency is likely driven by previous knowledge (the long-term mental set) or is a temporary by-product of procedural learning (the short-term mental set).
Detailed explanation-3: -A heuristic is another type of problem solving strategy. While an algorithm must be followed exactly to produce a correct result, a heuristic is a general problem-solving framework (Tversky & Kahneman, 1974). You can think of these as mental shortcuts that are used to solve problems.
Detailed explanation-4: -Heuristics, or “rules of thumb, ” are problem-solving methods that are based on practical experience and knowledge.