Testing two cognitive theories of insight.

Running Head: Testing Two Cognitive Theories of Insight

Insight in problem solving occurs when the problem solver fails to see how to solve a problem and then – “aha!” – there is a sudden realization how to solve it. Two contemporary theories have been proposed to explain insight. The representational change theory (e. g., Knoblich et al., 2001) proposes that insight occurs through relaxing self-imposed constraints on a problem, and by decomposing c...

"Organizational Commitment: Testing Two Theories"

Investigating the Cognitive Theories of Career Development

Objective: There are several theories proposed on the career development and researchers have classified these theories in different categories. Career-related cognitive theory is one of the latest categories including two theories: social cognitive theory of career development and cognitive information processing. The current study seeks to compare these two cognitive theories of career develo...

Testing Cognitive Hierarchy Theories of Beauty Contest Games

1 Summary Behavioral game theory experiments consistently reveal that individuals deviate from theoretically optimal (Nash equilibrium) strategies even in simple games. The α-beauty contest is among the simplest games that elicit such non-optimal behavior; accordingly, there is substantial interest in formally characterizing the observed play for this game. have proposed an intuitively appealin...

Cognitive Insight as the Differentiating Feature of Psychosis and Anxiety

Background: Cognitive theories and research have focused on the relationship between emotions, particularly anxiety, and the positive symptoms of psychosis. The aim of this study, based on Beckchr('39')s cognitive theory, was to compare dysfunctional attitudes and cognitive insight between patients with anxiety disorders and those with delusion. Methods: The study sample consisted of 90 partic...