Explain how might a mental set (i.e., the tendency to approach or respond to a problem in a particular way) learned in high school interfere with the successful solution of problems later on in college.

PSYCHOLOGY 102
MENTAL SETS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

(PLEASE USE PSYCHOLOGY RESOURCES ONLY)

As with all assignments, remember your cover sheet and
work cited pages..
After studying Barriers to Reasoning Rationally (chapter 9) regarding
mental sets in your textbook.
Write a reflective paper in which you identify how you handled or
adjusted to mental sets in your personal life.
As one example, (which should not be used) students could consider
the problem of making the adjustment from high school to college.

How
might a mental set (i.e., the tendency to approach or respond to a
problem in a particular way) learned in high school interfere with the
successful solution of problems later on in college.
DO NOT USE THIS EXAMPLE IN YOUR PAPER.

Students should specify how strategies that at one time were adaptive or
successful could eventually become undesirable or maladaptive. (not
useful or helpful).
You should show creativity and knowledge by using strategies,
facts and principles discussed in this chapter that helped in
the transition of your mental set and/or presented obstacles

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