Chapter 12: Problem Solving and Creativity

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Reference: "Cognitive Psychology Connecting mind, Research and Everyday experience" Goldstein, E.B. (2019)

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fixation

pausing of the eyes on places of interest while observing a scene

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Tower of Hanoi problem


task used to illustrate the process involved in means-end analysis

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creative cognition


technique developed by Finke to train people to think imaginatively

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incubation

phenomenon of getting ideas after taking a "time-out" from working on a problem

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functional fixedness

knowledge of an object's standard purpose limiting an individual's ability to use the object differently