CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The inability to view objects as anything other than what they are intended for is known as ____
A
Recency effect
B
Functional Fixedness
C
Mental Set
D
Insight
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that impacts an individual’s ability to be creative. Functional fixedness is commonly used to describe why an individual develops an inability to use an object in more ways than it is traditionally intended to be used, as function fixedness impairs their creativity.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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: -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: -Functional fixedness refers to rigidity in problem-solving, characterized by a tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions.

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