PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

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: -Mental set-the tendency for people to persist in using problem-solving patterns that have worked for them in the past.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mental set: A mental set is a tendency to only use solutions that have worked in the past rather than looking for alternative ideas.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Functional fixedness sometimes is also called response set, the tendency for a person to frame or think about each problem in a series in the same way as the previous problem, even when doing so is not appropriate to later problems.