One obstacle to problem-solving is fixation. Good riddles exploit our tendency toward fixation. Find a riddle or use one that you know. Explain the fixation that the

riddle creates and what the solver has to do to overcome that fixation,

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Gisselle Garrison

Advanced Placement (AP)

25 May, 15:32

One obstacle to problem-solving is fixation. Good riddles exploit our tendency toward fixation. Find a riddle or use one that you know. Explain the fixation that the

riddle creates and what the solver has to do to overcome that fixation,

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Gauge Becker · Answer 1

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?

Explanation:

Your fingernails. This riddle uses opposites at first to confuse the reader. Then they pitch in with the rhyming which leaves a swirly mess in your head.

To solve this riddle you need to focus on the words. What can be painted, or left bare? It might be hard but its the only way to solve it.

One obstacle to problem-solving is fixation. Good riddles exploit our tendency toward fixation. Find a riddle or use one that you know. Explain the fixation that theriddle creates and what the solver has to do to overcome that fixation,

One obstacle to problem-solving is fixation. Good riddles exploit our tendency toward fixation. Find a riddle or use one that you know. Explain the fixation that the

riddle creates and what the solver has to do to overcome that fixation,