Question

Match each conceptual block with the situation that describes it.

Answer 1

Answer:

• Expressive blocks - Alan is not familiar with the English language. Though he has a viable solution to a problem, he is unable to communicate it.

• Cultural blocks - Scott is a CEO of a company who grew up in a traditional conservative household that believes women should be confined to their homes and should not work. Hence Scott rejects female candidates who apply to work in his organization.

• Perceptual blocks - Dave is the mayor of his city. He is trying to raise money to build a local hospital. However, some of the residents are not too keen on donating since they assume that the mayor is corrupt.

• Environmental blocks - Jane is unable to solve and complete a task because of a blaring television that is causing distractions.

• Intellectual blocks - Heidi has to complete a certain task that her manager has given her. But Heidi has not been trained to do that task and does not know how to use the software required for the task

• Emotional blocks - Kyle has to meet his clients on a rooftop restaurant to make an important presentation. But since Kyle is scared of heights he is unable to concentrate on the presentation.

Explanation:

• Expressive blocks - The inability to communicate your ideas to others, in either verbal or written form, can also block your progress.

• Cultural blocks - Acquired by exposure to a given set of cultural patterns.
• Perceptual blocks - Perceptual blocks are obstacles that prevent the problem solver from clearly perceiving either the problem itself or the information needed to solve it. Stereotyping is a type of perceptual block.
• Environmental blocks - Distractions (phones, easy intrusions) are environmental blocks that inhibit deep prolonged concentration.
• Intellectual blocks -  occur as a result of inflexible or inadequate uses of problem solving strategies. Lacking the necessary intellectual skills to solve a problem  is an intellectual block, as is a lack of information necessary to solve the problem.
• Emotional blocks - decrease the amount of freedom with which you explore and manipulate ideas, and they interfere with your ability to conceptualize fluently and flexibly. Emotional blocks also prevent you from communicating your ideas to others in a manner that will gain their approval.