PSY270H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Latent Inhibition, Trait Theory, Functional Fixedness
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The solution involved using the boxes as a support rather than like a container (which of course a box is usually used as a container). People given the supplies in the empty box did better than people given the supplies as a container. Similarly, if there is an easy way to solve a problem and a harder way, if you show p"s another similar problem using the hard way as the solution, they will answer their given problem using the hard way. People not shown any solution to a similar problem will solve the problem using the easy way. The results showed that experts excelled at this task when the chess pieces were arranged in actual game positions but were no better than the beginners when the pieces were arranged randomly. When the pieces were arranged randomly, the familiar patterns were destroyed, and the chess masters" advantage vanished.
