Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that limits a person to use an object only in the way it is traditionally used. The concept of functional fixedness...

There are several types of fixedness, among them: A term coined by the social scientist Karl Dunker. Functional fixedness is the tendency to ascribe specific...

problem-solving impediments include confirmation bias, mental set, and functional fixedness. The term problem solving has a slightly different meaning depending...

objects in a way they are not accustomed to (thus, breaking their functional fixedness). An example is the "Duncker candle problem", in which people are...

problem, is a cognitive performance test, measuring the influence of functional fixedness on a participant's problem solving capabilities. The test was created...

Another phenomenon similar to Einstellung is functional fixedness (Duncker 1945). Functional fixedness is an impaired ability to discover a new use for...

insufficiently revise one's belief when presented with new evidence. Functional fixedness, a tendency limiting a person to using an object only in the way...

attitudes Einstellung effect – Development of a mechanized state of mind Functional fixedness – Inability to use an object other than how it is traditionally used...

at the University of Cambridge. Einstellung effect Eureka effect Functional fixedness Gordian Knot Kobayashi Maru Lateral thinking As it turned out later...

and educators Hermann and Käte Duncker. Duncker coined the term functional fixedness for describing the difficulties in visual perception and in problem...

[citation needed] Egg of Columbus Einstellung effect Eureka effect Functional fixedness Gordian Knot Kobayashi Maru Lateral thinking "box - definition of...

and attitudes once developed. A specific example of rigidity is functional fixedness, which is a difficulty conceiving new uses for familiar objects....

psychologist who studied problem solving,: 370  coined the term functional fixedness for describing the difficulties in both visual perception and problem...

established functionalities to explore broadly for solutions, thereby heightening creativity. In contrast, a scarcity mindset induces functional fixedness, thereby...

example of an incorrectly designed examination question demonstrating functional fixedness that causes a moral dilemma for the examiner. In its classic form...

Density functional theory (DFT) is a computational quantum mechanical modelling method used in physics, chemistry and materials science to investigate...

unsolved problems into another more productive problem space (e.g. functional fixedness) attribute causation, preventability, blame, and responsibility for...

Wikidata Q52802143. T P German; M A Defeyter (1 December 2000). "Immunity to functional fixedness in young children". Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 7 (4): 707–712...

{fix} \ f\ =f\ (\mathrm {fix} \ f).} Fixed-point combinators can be defined in the lambda calculus and in functional programming languages, and provide...

of functional appliances that are used in the field of orthodontics. The functional appliances can be divided into fixed and removable. The fixed functional...

football player Furio (given name) Iván Furios Lead author of "Functional fixedness and functional reduction as common sense reasonings ..." This page lists...

In mathematics, a functional equation [irrelevant citation] is, in the broadest meaning, an equation in which one or several functions appear as unknowns...

references). Fixed-point theorems Banach fixed-point theorem Kakutani fixed-point theorem F. F. Bonsall, Lectures on some fixed point theorems of functional analysis...

survivors would not need to be buried. A specific form of mental set is functional fixedness, in which someone fails to see the variety of uses to which an object...

In mathematics, a functional is a certain type of function. The exact definition of the term varies depending on the subfield (and sometimes even the author)...

programming paradigms, including structured, object-oriented programming, and functional programming, and boasts a dynamic type system and automatic memory management...

sublinear function (or functional as is more often used in functional analysis), also called a quasi-seminorm or a Banach functional, on a vector space X...

solve. The main difficulty in solving the puzzle is overcoming the functional fixedness of putting the pentagon piece either horizontally or vertically;...

families expand upon the above capabilities to include higher-level functionality fixed in silicon. Having these common functions embedded in the circuit...

the least fixed point of a certain functional, mapping functions to functions. The above technique of iterating a function to find a fixed point can also...