CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -This is known as fixation, along with fixation there is a specific type of mental set that involves limiting the use of an object to only its known function is called functional fixedness. Gestalt psychology the first groups of psychological study to build the concept of functional fixedness.

Detailed explanation-2: -A mental set is a tendency to only see solutions that have worked in the past. This type of fixed thinking can make it difficult to come up with solutions and can impede the problem-solving process.

Detailed explanation-3: -A mental set is where you persist in approaching a problem in a way that has worked in the past but is clearly not working now. Functional fixedness is a type of mental set where you cannot perceive an object being used for something other than what it was designed for.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the difference between functional fixedness and mental set? Functional fixedness-a block to problem solving that comes from thinking about objects in terms of only their typical functions. Mental set-The tendency for people to persist in using problem-solving patterns that have worked for them in the past.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.