Insight and creativity in problem solving / edited by Kenneth J. Gilhooly, Linden J. Ball and Laura Macchi.
To date we have only a fragmentary understanding of the thought proceses that engender insightful solutions to problems that require a change in representation or the discovery of distant associations to presented information. We likewise have only a piecemeal understanding to the thinking that unde...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,
2018.
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| Series: | Current issues in thinking & reasoning.
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| Summary: | To date we have only a fragmentary understanding of the thought proceses that engender insightful solutions to problems that require a change in representation or the discovery of distant associations to presented information. We likewise have only a piecemeal understanding to the thinking that underpins creative problem solving, where solutions are needed that are new to the solver. Recently there has been a growing interest in removing the mystery from insight and creativity through better specified theories and theory-driven experimentation. The chapters in this volume reflect key developments in this expanding field of insight and creativity research. Collectively, the chapters converge on a nuanced view of insight and creative thinking as often arising from the interplay between two qualitatively distinct types of processes that interact to yield sudden, surprising and innovative solutions to problems that initially seemed impenetrable and resistant to the application of inventive ideas. This dual-process perspective, which capitalises on the distinction between 'special' (automatic, unconscious and associative) Type 1 processes and 'routine' (controlled, conscious and analytic) Type 2 processes, helps advance a theoretical understanding of insight and creativity, whilst also provoling important new research questions--back cover. |
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| Item Description: | This book was originally published as a special issue of Thinking & Reasoning. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781138500693 1138500690 9781138502475 1138502472 |