Maier, N. R. F. (1931). Reasoning in humans II. The solution of a problem and its appearance in consciousness. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 12, 181194.  Home/Search Document Not in Database Summary Related Articles Check |
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....in terms of what insights they provide into the design process and what implications they have for design education and their relevance for the role that computers may play in the design process. 1. Introduction Through an unusual inversion of everyday ways of thinking, the Gestalt psychologists (Maier, 1931; Wertheimer, 1982) sought to understand innovation and creativity in problem solving by studying problems that most people find it difficult to solve. The basic logic attached to this approach appears to have been as follows. If problems are chosen which require innovative solutions, then ....
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....At a higher level, if we encounter somebody dressed in tuxedo and bow tie, our perception of them may differ depending on whether we encounter them at a formal ball or at the beach. Perceptions of a situation can be radically reshaped where necessary. In Maier s wellknown two string experiment (Maier 1931), subjects are provided with a chair and a pair of pliers, and are told to tie together two strings hanging from the ceiling. The two strings are too far apart to be grasped simultaneously. Subjects have great difficulty initially, but after a number of minutes some of them hit upon the solution ....
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Maier, N. R. F. (1931). Reasoning in humans II. The solution of a problem and its appearance in consciousness. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 12, 181194.
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