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6 Cards in this Set
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Analogical encoding |
two problems are compared and similarities are determined |
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Latent inhibition |
capacity to screen out stimuli that are considered to be irrelevant stimuli that are considered to be irrelevant. Keeps us from being overwhelmed |
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Structurally blind thinking |
Tendency to reproduce thinking appropriate for other situations, but not for the current situation |
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Representational change theory (1) constraint relaxation (2) chunk decomposition |
insight requires a change in the way we represent the problem (1) the removal of assumptions that are blocking problem solving (2) part of the problem that are seen as belonging together are separated into "chunks" and thought about independently |
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Einstellung effect |
the tendency to respond inflexibly to a particular type of problem, also called a rigid set |
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Negative transfer |
the tendency to respond with previously learned rule sequences even when they are inappropriate |
