PSYC 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Functional Fixedness, Cognitive Load, Problem Solving
6 Nov 2018
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Seeing someone at the end of a long hallway and figuring out when to wave hello. Insight is restructuring a problem so you see it from a new perspective. Insight is also overcoming blocks in problem solving. Insight recruits different brain regions than non-insight problem solving. One theory of problem solving suggests that participants keep track of their steps while solving a problem and only when they can"t resolve a problem this way, they are open to insight. Which theory is this? a. b. c. d. e. This creates a need to finish a task once it is started. A situation that is incomplete will remain in one"s mind. Bluma zeigarnik (1901-1988) noticed that waiters could remember complex orders without writing them down, but forgot them once the food was delivered. The number of unfinished tasks at work relates to stress levels. The surface details of a problem (specific elements) are similar. The parts of the problem look the same.
