Possibly, subjects fixate on the features of the sample that satisfy the goal requirements rather than focusing on the goal requirements themselves. A further factor may be the visual nature of the sample when compared to the abstract nature of the goal which is commonly presented as a verbal description. The visual nature of the sample may draw attention to itself in a way that the verbal goal description cannot overcome. If the goal could be made as visual as the sample, then perhaps the visual nature of the goal can successfully compete with the visual nature of the sample.
I hypothesize that subjects who have seen the Cant Hook can overcome their fixation on it by focusing on the visual juxtaposition diagram of the rolling log. What do you think? Does this sound like a reasonable hypothesis?
In lab, we will discuss a simple experiment to test this hypothesis.
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