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Is Insight Always the Same? A Protocol Analysis of Insight in Compound Remote Associate Problems

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dc.creator Cranford, Edward A.
dc.creator Moss, Jarrod
dc.date 2012-05-12T03:25:53Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-24T14:18:19Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-24T14:18:19Z
dc.identifier http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jps/vol4/iss2/8
dc.identifier http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1129&context=jps
dc.identifier.uri http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1129&context=jps
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/25654
dc.description Compound Remote Associate (CRA) problems have been used to investigate insight problem solving using both behavioral and neuroimaging techniques. However, it is unclear to what extent CRA problems exhibit characteristics of insight such as impasses and restructuring. CRA problem-solving characteristics were examined in a study in which participants solved CRA problems while providing concurrent verbal protocols. The results show that solutions subjectively judged as insight by participants do exhibit some characteristics of insight. However, the results also show that there are at least two different ways in which people experience insight when solving CRA problems. Sometimes problems are solved and judged as insight when the solution is the first thing considered, but these solutions do not exhibit any characteristics of insight aside from the “Aha!” experience. In other cases, the solution is derived after a longer period of problem solving, and the solution process more closely resembles insight as it is has been traditionally defined in the literature. The results show that separating these two types of solution processes may provide a better understanding of the behavioral and neuroanatomical correlates of insight solutions.
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dc.publisher Purdue University
dc.source The Journal of Problem Solving
dc.title Is Insight Always the Same? A Protocol Analysis of Insight in Compound Remote Associate Problems
dc.type Article


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