Problem Solving (4)

Question 1

What is meant by Insight?

Answer 1

• Suddenly realising the solution to a problem
• the sudden production of a new adaptive response not arrived at by trial behaviour or as the solution of a problem by the sudden adaptive reorganisation of experience (Thorpe, 1964)

Question 2

What is mean by functional Fixedness?

Answer 2

• An ability to think of an object in a different way to its usual use

Question 3

What is meant by Einstellung?

Answer 3

• An ability to think of a problem in a different way

Question 4

Kohler’s chimpanzees:… BUT

Answer 4

• Was this evidence of productive (or novel) thinking?

- maybe Kohler’s apes