QUESTION8-Discuss the cultural blocks to problem solving.
ANS-Cultural blocks or inhibitions can fall under several different kinds of conformity or social influences (Rokeach, 1981). First, the individual who is a member of a group may be influenced by group situations. Second, a member of a group may be influenced by another member with prestige. Last, one member may influence the judgment of another member (in this case there is not a prestige effect). Whereas conformity requires that we act in a certain way by custom, creativity requires that the present way be challenged and,if necessary, changed.
Some specific cultural inhibitions, according to Adams (1979) and Simbeng (1964) are:
1. Playfulness is for children only, and serious problem solving requires a serious attitude.
2. Closely associated with these (mis)conceptions is the assumption that humor has no place in problem solving.
3. The desire to conform to an adopted pattern and the uncomfortable feeling of being different.
4. The value judgment that inquisitiveness and skepticism are undesirable qualities.
5. Overemphasis on cooperation or on competition.
6. Too much faith in statistics: The major problem here is that people don't look beyond the statistic.
7. Too much faith in reason and logic.
8. The belief that indulging in fantasy and reflection is worthless and lazy.
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