Functional fixation
In psychology, functional fixation refers to the restriction of thoughts and actions to the habitual use of strategies and objects. This prevents us from considering alternative uses of objects and other strategies.
The cause of the occurrence of this effect is the functioning of our brain, it orients itself to solve problems by thinking habits that were often successful in the past. If a problem requires a rethink, a changed perspective, old, ineffective thinking habits are an obstacle to solving a problem.
One known attempt to illustrate this effect is the candle problem of Karl Duncker .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Adventure Psyche, Amann, Wipplinger, pp. 73–74, published in 2008 by Wilhelm Barumüller;