When shoes become hammers: Goal-derived categorization training enhances problem-solving performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 935-942

  Chrysikou, Evangelia G ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad hoc categories; Categorization; Goal derived categories; Insight problems; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEMANTICS; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; GOALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; THINKING; VERBAL LEARNING; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 33746627728     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.4.935     Document Type: Article

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