Try to think of a recent time when you were trying to solve a problem—say, a problem in your personal life, or a homework problem assigned to you in one of your classes—and simply got stuck despite...

Try to think of a recent time when you were trying to solve a problem—say, a problem in your personal life, or a homework problem assigned to you in one of your classes—and simply got stuck despite repeated attempts. To which of the obstacles to effective problem solving discussed in this chapter might you have fallen prey? What helped you, or might have helped you, find your way out of this problem?