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Candle problem

The candle problem or candle task, also known as Duncker's candle problem, is a cognitive performance test, measuring the influence of functional fixedness on a participant's problem solving capabilities. The test was created by Gestalt psychologist Karl Duncker and published by him in 1935. Duncker originally presented this test in his thesis on…

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Art, Glucksberg & Response

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Candle problem

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples8
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
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Candle problem

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related to Linguistic implications · 8
Candle problem → Chaires, Frank, In, Michael, Michael Ramscar, Stanford University, This, Tory Higgins

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Candle problemrelated to Linguistic implicationsTory Higgins0.60section
Candle problemrelated to Linguistic implicationsChaires0.60section
Candle problemrelated to Linguistic implicationsThis0.60section
Candle problemrelated to Linguistic implicationsIn0.60section
Candle problemrelated to Linguistic implicationsStanford University0.60section
Candle problemrelated to Linguistic implicationsMichael0.60section
Candle problemrelated to Linguistic implicationsFrank0.60section
Candle problemrelated to Linguistic implicationsMichael Ramscar0.60section

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