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Facilitating insight in a reasoning task
Author(s) -
Roth Emilie Matarasso
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1979.tb01684.x
Subject(s) - task (project management) , psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science , management , economics
Subjects were presented selection task developed by Wason (1966) using a reduced array. majority of subjects demonstrated partial or complete insight into task. Performance level remained high on a transfer selection task using a standard array. results suggest that under appropriate conditions subjects spontaneously demonstrate valid inferential processes with abstract material.