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Impasse-Driven problem solving: The multidimensional nature of feeling stuck.
1London Metropolitan University, UK.
Cognition
|February 23, 2024
Summary
This study reveals impasse is multidimensional, not just feeling stuck. Resolving impasse can lead to insight, but insight is also possible without it, offering new paths to problem-solving.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Problem-Solving Research
Background:
- The problem-solving literature presents paradoxes regarding impasse: its necessity for insight versus its negative impact on solution rates.
- Individuals like problem-solving enthusiasts appear to seek out impasse, a seemingly aversive state.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish the multidimensional nature of impasse.
- To resolve paradoxes concerning impasse's role in insight problem-solving.
- To introduce a novel measurement approach for impasse.
Main Methods:
- Four preregistered experiments with 856 participants (N=856).
- Qualitative reports and quantitative analysis to measure impasse.
- Exploiting impasse's dynamic (resolved/unresolved) and multidimensional (speediness, motivation, affect) aspects.
Main Results:
- Impasse is dynamic and multidimensional, affecting feelings of speediness and affect, but not motivation.
- Insight can be reliably elicited by experiencing and resolving impasse.
- Insight is also achievable without experiencing impasse, indicating multiple pathways.
Conclusions:
- Impasse is a complex, multidimensional state, not merely a "stuck" feeling.
- Multiple pathways exist for achieving insight problem-solving.
- Findings have implications for theories of insight and understanding impasse resolution in education and design.
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