When a novel approach is required, the experts’ knowledge can make them unable to adapt to the new task demands. Sternberg (1996) summarised this view of the inflexibility of experts: “…there are costs as well as benefits to expertise. One such cost is increased rigidity: The expert can become so entrenched in a point of view or a way of doing things that it becomes hard to see things differently.” (p. 347).
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