PSYC 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Electric Light, Dog Toy, Potluck
21 Mar 2016
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Knowing what you have to solve/what needs to get done, e. g. sudoku (only 1 solution) Cognitive operations: distinct cognitive processes: ill defined problems: E. g. finding a job (activity in right lateral pfc) Analytic problem solving: step by step rules to reach solution. Something that happens when you can"t really think about a solution then suddenly the correct solution emerges into consciousness. Occurs in multiple domains (e. g. perception, memory etc. ) Contrasts deliberate search strategies: we use insight in day to day life and it"s less studied. We experience as a whole not the sum of the parts e. g. bistable figures. Gestalt switches: change in how you see something (relevant to insight restructuring how something is represented) Trapped on spanish island during wwi so studied insight solving in apes. Presented sultan w problems then studied his solutions. E. g. put bananas outside sultan"s cage then gave sultan 2 short poles (too short to reach bananas)
