insight

Examples of insight in the following topics:

• Kohler and Insight Learning

  • Insight learning was first researched by Wolfgang Kohler (1887–1967).
  • Kohler's most famous study on insight learning involved Sultan the chimpanzee.
  • When we solve a problem through insight, we often have a so-called aha or eureka moment.
  • Insight should not be confused with heuristics.
  • While heuristics are gradually shaped by experience, insight is not.

• Problem-Solving

  • Insight phenomenology is a sudden understanding of a problem, or a strategy that aids in solving problems.
  • Thus, insight is a product of nothing more than ordinary thinking.
  • The Neo-Gestaltist view argues that insight problem-solvers show poor ability to predict their success, and do not feel positively better as they near the solution of an insight-problem.
  • This would support the Gestaltist belief that there is something special about insightful problem-solving, as opposed to non-insightful and routine problem solving, where one experiences positive feelings as one nears a solution.
  • The Three-Process view argues that there are three different kinds of insights:

• Creativity

  • This process is fueled by both either conscious or unconscious insight.
  • In Wallas' stage model, creative insights and illuminations may be explained by a creative process consisting of five stages:
  • Illumination or Insight, where the creative idea bursts forth from its preconscious processing into conscious awareness; and

• Cognitive Psychology

  • Cognitive theory contends that solutions to problems take the form of algorithms, heuristics, or insights.

• Biopsychology

  • Different brain-imaging techniques provide scientists with insight into different aspects of how the human brain functions.

• Perceiving Motion

  • Visual illusions offer insight into how motion is perceived.

• Comparative Psychology

  • A wide variety of species have been studied by comparative psychologists in order to gain insight into the behavior and mental processes of nonhuman animals.

• Gender Dysphoria

  • The creation of a specific diagnosis for children reflects the lesser ability of children to have insight into what they are experiencing, or to express it in the event that they have insight.

• Amnesia

  • People with Alzheimer's also have trouble with visual-spatial areas (for example, they may get lost often), reasoning, judgement, and insight into whether they are experiencing memory loss at all.

• Gene-Environment Correlations: Nature or Nurture?

  • In adoption studies, identical twins raised by different families can give insight into the nature-versus-nurture debate.