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functional fixedness set in as a natural byproduct of habit

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Cactilove said:

What happened to the days we would grab a chair leg and pretend we were working on a car or use a chicken nugget as a gun? Snort Pixie Stix's?
Two rules...
You can't just say I grew out of it.
No outside research, just your hypothesis as it is now.

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there are a lot of demands in life and as we grow up we don't have as many of these demands fulfilled by others. instead we have to take on those roles a bit at a time. and as we take these responsibilities on, so to do we take on the functional roles of these responsibilities. it starts early with eating. we learn how to use a fork, a knife, a spoon. we learn what each is useful for and use it for that purpose. when first introduced to them, we might build towers or see which sticks on our nose the best, but as eating utensils become the low-man on the learning totem-pole, habit takes over. we use them for their purpose because such uses sustain more pressing matters. and by pressing I just mean cognitively demanding.

Sounds like a reasonable hypothesis. I thought the same, however never thought about functional fixedness playing a role. Good explanation.

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It went over to the Mysticism forum.

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You grew out of it.

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Cactilove said:

What happened to the days we would grab a chair leg and pretend we were working on a car or use a chicken nugget as a gun? Snort Pixie Stix's?
Two rules...
You can't just say I grew out of it.
No outside research, just your hypothesis as it is now.

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