Title: Rigidity (psychology) - Wikipedia
Headings: Rigidity (psychology)
Rigidity (psychology)
Contents
Background
Mental set
Behavioral sets
Origins and anthropology
Causes
Stages
Traits
Accompanying externalizing behaviors
Accompanying internalizing behaviors
Manifestations of rigidity
Associated conditions
Cognitive closure
Autism spectrum disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Scrupulosity
Effects
Ethnocentrism
Cultural and religious use
Strategies for overcoming rigidity
Consequences of unfulfillment
References
See also

Content: In the field of psychology, mental sets are typically examined in the process of problem solving, with an emphasis on the process of breaking away from particular mental sets into formulation of insight. Breaking mental sets in order to successfully resolve problems fall under three typical stages: a) tendency to solve a problem in a fixed way, b) unsuccessfully solving a problem using methods suggested by prior experience, and c) realizing that the solution requires different methods. Components of high executive functioning, such as the interplay between working memory and inhibition, are essential to effective switching between mental sets for different situations. Individual differences in mental sets vary, with one study producing a variety of cautious and risky strategies in individual responses to a reaction time test. Behavioral sets

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