Functional fixedness is what’s called a cognitive bias. This means that your brain is used to thinking of a particular thing in a specific way, which limits your ability to think of it in a new ...

本研究针对社会认知中特质可变性 (trait changeability)的差异问题，通过四项实验系统探究了道德 (morality)、能力 (competence)和热情 (warmth)维度的变化信念。研究发现'道德固定性 (moral fixedness)'现象——人们普遍认为道德特质（尤其是低道德）比能力或热情更难以改变，这种信念源于将道德视为核心性格的 ...

Fixedness blocks our ability to generate novel, breakthrough ideas as a result. If we want to be more creative, we all require a systematic thinking tool to break fixedness.

“Fixedness” can be seen throughout our lives, from taking the exact same path to work every day to holding fast to an organizational structure whose original purpose was forgotten long ago.

This is called Functional Fixedness and while you probably won’t need to build a fort during your professional career, chances are you do suffer from it and it is impacting your work.

Functional fixedness, according to Duncker, was a person’s inability to see an object as itself, free of the meaning it has in the greater scheme of things.

If It’s Fixed, Break It. The Importance of Overcoming Industry Fixedness Although there’s value in institutional knowledge, staying open to new ideas will give you a long-term competitive edge.