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Inflexibility
Within problem solving, an important category of executive functioning (with a developmental perspective) is inflexibility. Psychopathology patients that exhibit symptoms of inflexibility have trouble performing some or all executive functions.
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Inflexibility
A seasoned chef is famous for a complex sauce made using a traditional whisking technique. The restaurant buys a new high-speed immersion blender designed to create smoother sauces in a fraction of the time. Despite the new tool's potential, the chef continues to apply their old, familiar whisking motions while using the new blender, resulting in a poorly mixed sauce. They fail to adopt a different, simpler approach better suited for the new equipment. Which cognitive obstacle is the chef most clearly demonstrating?