Functional Fixedness

In this segment, Gifted Underachiever James Buchanan explains the concept of functional fixedness, talks about how it can impair our ability to produce meaningful creative work, and suggests a few solutions.

Questions for Listeners:

* Do you care if Mary Roach gets a blurb from Bill Bryson?

* If yes, why? If not, why not?

* What’s your own way of overcoming functional fixedness?

For Further Exploration:

Overcoming functional fixedness to improve problem-solving skills, by Marisa Moore https://psychcentral.com/health/functional-fixedness#overcoming-functional-fixedness

The Solutions to Ben’s Problem, by Bonnie Jo Campbell

https://thediagram.com/7_4/campbell.html

Functional Fixedness (Explained in 2 Minutes)

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