PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Anagram, Daniel Kahneman

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Jennifer Steeves

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Whorf has been the most prominent advocate of linguistic relativity the hypothesis that one"s language determines the nature of one"s thought. In these situations, one must go beyond the information given to overcome obstacles and reach a goal. Insight is the sudden discovery of the correct solution following incorrect attempts based primarily on trial and error: problems of transformation require people to carry out a sequence of transformations in order to reach a specific goal. The hobbits and orcs problem and the water jar problem in figure 8. 7 are examples of transformation problems. The series completion problems and the analogy problems in figure 8. 7 are examples of problems of inducing structure. In the first problem, the number of brothers is irrelevant in determining the number of females in this thompson family. Another common barrier to successful problem solving, identified by gestalt psychologists, is functional fixedness the tendency to perceive an item only in terms of its most common use.