Personal Experiences and Mental Set
General Psychology
Blog Topic – Week 5
Personal Experiences and Mental Set
Think of a time when you were stuck in a “mental rut” or showing signs of functional fixedness. Discuss this experience by appealing to the stages in problem solving discussed in your text. At which stage of problem solving was this set operating? Explain. How did you eventually solve the problem? Discuss this in terms of the concept of restructuring.