The Nature Of Insight (MIT Press) (Bradford Books)
. Ed(s): Sternberg, Robert J.; Davidson, Janet E.
Language: English
Published by A Bradford Book, 1996
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Examines the nature of insightful thinking, including: the history and methods of the field; how people solve challenging puzzles whose answers cannot be obtained through ordinary means; how people come up with ideas for new inventions; and metaphors such as evolution. Editor(s): Sternberg, Robert J.; Davidson, Janet E. Series: Bradford Book S. Num Pages: 636 pages, 66 illustrations, indexes. BIC Classification: JMA; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800. . 1996. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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- Title
- The Nature Of Insight (MIT Press) (Bradford Books)
- Author
- . Ed(s): Sternberg, Robert J.; Davidson, Janet E.
- Publisher
- A Bradford Book
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0262691876
- ISBN 13
- 9780262691871
The Nature of Insight is divided into five main parts. Following an introduction that reviews the history and methods of the field, part II looks at how people solve challenging puzzles whose answers cannot be obtained through ordinary means. Part III focuses on how people come up with ideas for new inventions, while part IV explores the thinking of some of the most insightful people in the history of civilization. Part V considers metaphors such as evolution and investment as bases for understanding insight. An epilogue integrates all these approaches.
Contributors
R.E. Mayer, R.L. Dominowsk, P. Dallob, C.M. Seifert, D.E. Meyer, N. Davidson, A.J. Patalano, I. Yaniv, J.E. Davidson, R.W. Weisberg, M.L. Gick, R.S. Lockhart, S.M. Smith, R.A. Finke, M.I. Isaak, M.A. Just, M. Csikszentmihalyi, K. Sawyer, K. Dunbar, H.E. Gruber, M.F. Ippolito, R.D. Tweney, D.K. Simonton, D.N. Perkins, R.J. Sternberg, T.I. Lubart
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Mitchell Whitelaw is Lecturer in New Media at the School of Creative Communication, University of Canberra.
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