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.

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

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