English Explanatory Dictionary

Einstellung effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A problem-solving mindset displayed where a simpler solution for solving a particular problem type is not noticed due to thinking being fixed into a particular logic pattern by earlier repetitions of similar solutions.

Word forms

Einstellung effect Einstellung effects

Etymology

Coined by Abraham S. Luchins and Edith Hirsch Luchins in 1942 after publishing a study of their water-jar experiment. Einstellung (“mindset”) is a German borrowing, hence the capitalisation.

Related words

Maslow's hammer if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
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