The candle problem is a test by Karl Duncker that measures the functional fixedness problem in problem solving.
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Functional fixedness limits the ability for people to solve problems accurately by causing one to have a very narrow way of thinking.
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The "'barometer question "'is an example of an incorrectly designed examination question demonstrating functional fixedness that causes a moral dilemma for the examiner.
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The first is with regards to time, as functional fixedness causes people to use more time than necessary to solve any given problem.
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Secondly, functional fixedness often causes solvers to make more attempts to solve a problem than they would have made if they were not experiencing this cognitive barrier.
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Functional fixedness is an impaired ability to discover a new use for an object, owing to the subject's previous use of the object in a functionally dissimilar context.
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The researcher suggested that a well-thought and planned analogy relevant in format and type to the problem-solving task to be completed can be helpful for students to overcome functional fixedness.
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The first type of problem forces participants to use objects in a way they are not accustomed to ( thus, breaking their functional fixedness ), like the " Duncker candle problem ".
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The first is what psychologists call " functional fixedness " _ the human tendency to fixate on the way products or services are normally used, making people unable to imagine alternative functions.
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Based on the assumption that students are functionally fixed, a study on analogical transfer in the science classroom shed light on significant data that could provide an overcoming technique for functional fixedness.
