Insight phenomenology

In order to solve an insight problem, you have to see the problem in a novel way. Insight is a sudden understanding of a problem or a strategy that aids in solving that problem. Usually, this involves conceptualizing the problem in a completely new way. Although insights might feel like they are sudden, they are often the result of prior thought and effort. While insight can be involved in solving well-structured problems, it is more often associated with ill-structured problems.[1] There are several views on insight:

When people solve, or attempt to solve an insight puzzle, they experience a common phenomenology, that is, a set of behavioural properties that accompany problem-solving activity (for a useful edited review of insight problems and their phenomenology, see Sternberg & Davidson, 1995). Other kinds of puzzle, such as the Tower of Hanoi, an example of a transformation problem, tend not to yield these phenomena. The phenomena may include:

See also

References

  1. Sternberg, R.J. (2009). Cognitive Psychology. Belmont, CA, Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
  2. Langley, P., et al. (1987). Scientific discovery : computational explorations of the creative processes. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.
  3. Metcalfe, J. & Wiebe, D. (1987). Intuition in insight and noninsight problem solving. Memory & Cognition 1987, 15(3), 238-246.
  4. Davidson, J.E. & Sternberg, R.J. (2003). The psychology of problem solving. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  5. Sternberg, R. J. and J. E. Davidson (1995). The nature of insight. Cambridge MA, MIT Press.
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