Adam’s perceptual blocks: 1. Stereotyping- if a person needs to unscrew a screw and they don’t have a screwdriver a person can use a butter knife, a coin, or even pliers. 2. Limiting the Problem Unnecessarily- an example of this would be if you are baking and you realize you need powder sugar and you can finely grind sugar in the blender to make powder sugar. 3. Saturation or Information Overload- finding out what was wrong with a car a good example of this.
Adam’s emotional blocks: 1. Fear of Risk Taking- an example of this is not raising your hand to answer a question in class because you are afraid to not answer it correctly. 2. Lack of Appetite for Chaos- planning an event is a good example of this. You must be prepared for the chaos and just understand that at the end everything will come together. 3. Judging Rather Than Generating Ideas- wanting your idea to be the only one used and not being open minded. 4. Lack of Challenge- not wanting to do a math problem that you already know how to do. 5. Inability to Incubate- when you leave a lot of things to the last minute.
Higgin’s hindrances: 1. Defining the problem to narrowly- not looking at the bigger picture.

2. Attacking the symptoms, rather than the real problem- not understanding what the real problem is. 3. Assuming there is only one right answer- not keeping an open mind. 4. Getting “hooked” on the first solution- not realizing that there can be more than one answer. 5. Getting “hooked” on a solution that almost works- settling for less than 100%. 6. Being distracted by irrelevant information- not weeding out facts that you don’t need. 7. Getting frustrated by a lack of success- getting upset if you don’t get the answer on the first few tries. 8. Being anxious to finish- wanting to hurry up and just get it over with. 9. Defining the problem ambiguously- not solving the problem in a closed manner.
Goman’s Blockbuster: 1. Negative Attitude- if a problem is difficult I could take a step back and take another look the problem. 2. Fear of Failure- understanding that if I don’t succeed the first time just try again. 3. Following the Rules- if it’s a rule that seems unnecessary I need to remember that I might need to disregard it. 4. Over-reliance on Logic- Sometimes I may need to skip some steps and go back to them. 5. Belief That You Aren’t Creative- I can be creative in anything I do.