Insight and Creativity in Problem Solving

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth J. Gilhooly is Research Professor of Quantitative Gerontology at Brunel University, UK and Emeritus Professor at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Linden J. Ball is Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Dean of Psychology at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. Laura Macchi is Professor of Psychology of Thinking and Decision Making in the Department of Psychology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Klappentext There has been an upsurge of research aimed at removing the mystery surrounding insight and creative thinking processes in problem solving. Chapters in this volume converge on a nuanced 'dual-process' view of insight and creative thinking. It was originally published as a special issue of Thinking and Reasoning. Zusammenfassung There has been an upsurge of research aimed at removing the mystery surrounding insight and creative thinking processes in problem solving. Chapters in this volume converge on a nuanced ‘dual-process’ view of insight and creative thinking. It was originally published as a special issue of Thinking and Reasoning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Insight and creative thinking processes: Routine and special 2. Toward an integrated theory of insight in problem solving 3. The shifting sands of creative thinking: Connections to dual-process theory 4. Reasoned connections: A dual-process perspective on creative thought 5. When distraction helps: Evidence that concurrent articulation and irrelevant speech can facilitate insight problem solving 6. A sketch is not enough: Dynamic external support increases creative insight on a guided synthesis task 7. Incubation and cueing effects in problem-solving: Set aside the difficult problems but focus on the easy ones 8. Incubation and suppression processes in creative problem solving 9. When analytic thought is challenged by a misunderstanding ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Kenneth J. (University of Hertfordshire Gilhooly, Kenneth J. Ball Gilhooly
• Collaboration: Linden J Ball (Editeur), Linden J. Ball (Editeur), Ball Linden J. (Editeur), Kenneth J Gilhooly (Editeur), Kenneth J. Gilhooly (Editeur), Gilhooly Kenneth J. (Editeur), Laura Macchi (Editeur), Macchi Laura (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 20.03.2018
• EAN: 9781138500693
• ISBN: 978-1-138-50069-3
• Pages: 170
• Thème: Current Issues in Thinking and Reasoning
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Psychologie, ésotérique, spiritualité, anthroposophie > Psychologie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Psychologie > Psychologie théorique; PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Intelligence & reasoning