Author Question: According to Smith's contextual view of incubation, what should you do if you are stymied during the ... (Read 32 times)

Diane · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

According to Smith's contextual view of incubation, what should you do if you are stymied during the problem solving process?

a) Stay in the same place as long as it takes to finish the problem.
b) Call someone to come into your current environment, and then both stay there until the problem is solved.
c) Change your current environment; the context change will make success more likely.
d) Go on the internet and use Google to help you solve the problem.

Question 2

Metcalfe investigated the metacognition involved in solving insight and non-insight problems. She found:

a) no evidence of any kind of the AHA experience.
b) that problem solvers are pretty sensitive to their own problem solving process, but only for insight problems.
c) that problem solvers are pretty sensitive to their own problem solving process, but only for non-insight problems.
d) that problem solvers are pretty sensitive to their own problem solving processes for all problem types.