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Problem-solving

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You struggle to use objects in new ways.
Functional fixedness limits your ability to see new uses for common objects.…
You struggle to solve problems you have used before.
Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias where you become unable to see an object as having any function other than it…
Common tools often become invisible when you need new uses.
A 1945 study found that participants struggled to solve problems when the necessary tools were already being used for …