On Problem-Solving¶
Duncker, K. (1945). On Problem-Solving. Psychological Monographs, 58(5).
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Primes¶
- Category Retrieval Lock In
- In cognition, the origin substrate, functional fixedness retrieves a screwdriver as "screwdriver" rather than as a thin metal shaft with an insulating handle, and the Einstellung effect fixes a problem-solving method as a category so a novel problem needing a different decomposition is obstructed.
This sourceIntroduces functional fixedness and the candle problem, showing that an object compiled under a routine-use label (the box as tack-container) obstructs novel re-use (the box as shelf), with the empty-box presentation easing the problem.
- In cognition, the origin substrate, functional fixedness retrieves a screwdriver as "screwdriver" rather than as a thin metal shaft with an insulating handle, and the Einstellung effect fixes a problem-solving method as a category so a novel problem needing a different decomposition is obstructed.
Mechanisms¶
- Functional Decomposition Workshop
- Its strength is that it dissolves functional fixedness — the trap of seeing a resource only in its habitual role — by forcing every requirement into label-free, capability-based terms, which is exactly what makes a heterogeneous stock look richer than a parts list suggests.
This sourceCharacterizes functional fixedness as difficulty seeing an object beyond its customary function when a problem requires a novel use.
- Its strength is that it dissolves functional fixedness — the trap of seeing a resource only in its habitual role — by forcing every requirement into label-free, capability-based terms, which is exactly what makes a heterogeneous stock look richer than a parts list suggests.
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