The tendency to rely on habits and procedures that worked to solve a problem in the past is called

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The tendency to rely on habits and procedures that worked to solve a problem in the past is called mental set. Functional fixedness is the tendency to be rigid in thinking about an object's function. Stereotype threat is the fear of confirming a negative stereotype about one's group, and problem representation refers to how a problem is mentally organized and structured.

The Tendency to Rely on Habits and Procedures That Worked