Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: We report three experiments that examine transfer between structurally and superficially similar insight problems.Experiment 1 showed spontaneous positive transfer from a difficult insight problem to an easier one, but not vice versa.Experiment 2 replicated this asymmetry when participants were given an explicit hint as to the relatedness of the problems.Experiment 3 introduced physical props to reduce problem difficulty, but failed to promote transfer from easier to more difficult problems.This transfer asymmetry is consistent with the proposal that the same processes are used to solve insight and non-insight problems, and offers a new focus for modeling in theories of analogical transfer.
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2767274357