1st Edition
Insight and Creativity in Problem Solving
Preface
1. Insight and creative thinking processes: Routine and special K. J. Gilhooly, Linden J. Ball, and Laura Macchi
2. Toward an integrated theory of insight in problem solving Robert W. Weisberg
3. The shifting sands of creative thinking: Connections to dual-process theory Paul T. Sowden, Andrew Pringle, and Liane Gabora
4. Reasoned connections: A dual-process perspective on creative thought Nathaniel Barr, Gordon Pennycook, Jennifer A. Stolz, and Jonathan A. Fugelsang
5. When distraction helps: Evidence that concurrent articulation and irrelevant speech can facilitate insight problem solving Linden J. Ball, John E. Marsh, Damien Litchfield, Rebecca L. Cook, and Natalie Booth
6. A sketch is not enough: Dynamic external support increases creative insight on a guided synthesis task David G. Pearson and Robert H. Logie
7. Incubation and cueing effects in problem-solving: Set aside the difficult problems but focus on the easy ones Ut Na Sio and Thomas C. Ormerod
8. Incubation and suppression processes in creative problem solving K. J. Gilhooly, G. J. Georgiou, M. Sirota, and A. Paphiti-Galeano
9. When analytic thought is challenged by a misunderstanding L. Macchi and M. Bagassi
Biography
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.
