An Experimental Comparison of Approaches to Training Insight

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dc.contributor.authorMacGregor, James N.
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, J. Barton
dc.contributor.authorWalinga, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-13T18:42:04Z
dc.date.available2021-03-13T18:42:04Z
dc.date.copyright2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the research was to investigate different types of training in insight problem solving. In doing so, we reviewed the literature on experimental tests of procedures for training insight problem solving. The results revealed that most procedures focused either on restructuring or divergent thinking, and provided some evidence for the effectiveness of both approaches. However, we found no studies that compared the effects of the two approaches. The article reports two experiments that compared different training procedures based on restructuring and divergent thinking. For the latter, the methods focused separately on fluency, flexibility and originality training. The first experiment compared a restructuring approach with fluency training and a placebo control condition. The results indicated that the restructuring training was significantly more effective than the others, but only when instructions were verbal, not in script form. The second experiment compared restructuring training with flexibility, fluency and originality training, all presented in script form, and the results indicated that the restructuring training was significantly more effective than both fluency training and flexibility training. Implications for future research are discussed.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationMacGregor, J. N., Cunningham, J. B., & Walinga, J. (2020). An Experimental Comparison of Approaches to Training Insight. Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications, 6(2), 155-181. https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2019-0010.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2019-0010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/12775
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCreativity. Theories - Research - Applicationsen_US
dc.subjectInsight
dc.subjectProblem solving
dc.subjectCreativity training
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Public Administration
dc.titleAn Experimental Comparison of Approaches to Training Insighten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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