PSYC 213 Chapter Notes -Frontal Lobe, Evaluation Function, Combinatorial Explosion
6 Dec 2013
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10. 1 insight problems and the gestalt theory of thinking. Gestalt: form or configuration: consciousness doesn"t consist of one event after another but tends to be organized into a coherent whole, or gestalt. Gestalt switch: a sudden change in the way info is organized: can occur in response to verbal material. Insight problem: a problem that requires a restructuring of the way in which it is represented before it can be solved: doesn"t require any additional info. 10. 1. 1 kohler and the mentality of apes. Kohler studied the process of problem-solving in chimpanzees: one chimpanzee was in a cage with fruit outside of the cage and beyond his reach. There was a small stick inside the cage, and a longer stick outside. He tried to use the short stick to get the fruit but was unsuccessful. Insight came to the chimpanzee once he laid his eyes on the long stick he got it and used it to get the fruit.
