Rigidity (psychology)

In psychology, rigidity, or mental rigidity, refers to an obstinate inability to yield or a refusal to appreciate another person's viewpoint or emotions and the tendency to perseverate, which is the inability to change habits and modify concepts and attitudes once developed.[1][2]

A specific example of rigidity is functional fixedness, which is a difficulty conceiving new uses for familiar objects.[3]

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  3. ^ Davis, Stephen F.; Palladino, Joseph J. (2007). Psychology. Pearson Prentice Hall. p. 331. ISBN 978-0-13-220840-6.