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.

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