Mental Mental sets are subconscious tendencies to approach a problem in a particular way  . They are shaped by past experiences and habits. An inappropriate mental set can hamper the solution of straightforward problems  . For example, when people are asked, "When a United States plane carrying Canadian passengers crashes in international waters, where should the survivors be buried?" the phrasing of the question suggests that it is a problem of international law. People who interpret the statement with this mental set will miss the fact that survivors would not need to be buried. A specific form of mental set is functional fixedness, in which someone fails to see the variety of uses to which an object can be put. An example would be someone who needs a weight but fails to use an easily available hammer because their mental set is to think of a hammer as for a specific purpose.
Mental Mental sets are subconscious tendencies to approach a problem in a particular way , either helping or interfering in the discovery of a solution . They are shaped by past experiences , habits, and, most importantly, culture. These sets also exist as parts of our cognitive processes although they do not always enter consciousness. This is demonstrated in the way a bookkeeper can balance a book without being aware that he is already engaged in addition or subtraction. An inappropriate mental set hampers the solution of straightforward problems . This could happen if the set contains a false assumption or a belief that is not correct . For example, when people are asked, "When a United States plane carrying Canadian passengers crashes in international waters, where should the survivors be buried?" the phrasing of the question suggests that it is a problem of international law. People who interpret the statement with this mental set will miss the fact that survivors would not need to be buried. A specific form of mental set is functional fixedness, in which someone fails to see the variety of uses to which an object can be put. An example would be someone who needs a weight but fails to use an easily available hammer because their mental set is to think of a hammer as for a specific purpose.
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, habits, and, most importantly, culture. These sets also exist as parts of our cognitive processes although they do not always enter consciousness. This is demonstrated in the way a bookkeeper can balance a book without being aware that he is already engaged in addition or subtraction.
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. This could happen if the set contains a false assumption or a belief that is not correct