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: One example includes Kurt Goldstein 's, which he stated, "adherence to a present performance in an inadequate way", another being Milton Rokeach saying the definition was, " [the] inability to change one's set when the objective conditions demand it". Others have simplified rigidity down to stages for easy defining. Generally, it is agreed upon that it is evidenced by the identification of mental or behavioral sets. Lewin and Kounin also proposed a theory of cognitive rigidity (also called Lewin-Kounin formulation) based on a Gestalt perspective and they used it to explain a behavior in mentally retarded persons that is inflexible, repetitive, and unchanging. The theory proposed that it is caused by a greater "stiffness" or impermeability between inner-personal regions of individuals, which influence behavior. Rigidity was particularly explored in Lewin's views regarding the degree of differentiation among children. He posited that a mentally retarded child can be distinguished from the normal child due to the smaller capacity for dynamic rearrangement in terms of his psychical systems. Mental set
Mental sets represent a form of rigidity in which an individual behaves or believes in a certain way due to prior experience. The reverse of this is termed cognitive flexibility. These mental sets may not always be consciously recognized by the bearer.