PSYC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Hypergraphia, Synesthesia, Frontotemporal Dementia
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Study question: describe walla(cid:495)s stages of thinking during problem solving. The goal of problem solving is the achievement of a gestalt: a form, configuration or whole pattern, parallels between perception & problem solving. The dalmatian, at first you only see dots but once you know. Preparation: the role of representation: the buddhist monk problem (draw a graph to find out if there is a. Incubation point he passes at the same time going up & coming down. To solve the problem you have to find a different way to represent it: fulgosi & guilford (1968, told (cid:494))magine that all power stations shut down, then list all possible consequences(cid:499, wait 20 minutes, silveria (1971) Improved retrieval of obvious consequences (cid:523)doesn(cid:495)t help with remote ones: chain problem (4 pieces of chain, wants to make a bracelet, 2 cents to open & 3 cents to close a link, only has 15 cents) Control group- works on problem for 30 minutes.
