- Definition: A mental set - ways of doing things.
- Insight: The Einstellung Effect can blind us to alternatives.
- Insight: Success can lead to confidence in habits and routines that cause people to fail to look for better methods.
- Insight: Sometimes the more experience people have, the harder it is for them to gain fresh perspective or insights.
- Insight: Automaticity (doing without thinking) can produce an Einstellung Effect.