An Investigation of the Einstellung effect among novice and intermediate programmers

• Main Author: OBISPO, JUN RANGIE
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Subjects: Computer programming; Computer programming > Problems, exercises, etc; Problem solving; Decision making.
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/theses-dissertations/65; http://rizalls.lib.admu.edu.ph/#section=resource&resourceid=1265515573&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The Einstellung effect (EE) refers to an individual's bias towards a familiar, working solution when solving problems even though more appropriate solutions are available. Prior studies have shown that this fixation may pose some problems when the known solution can no longer be used because th...