The Effects of Inhibition Functions on Insight Problem Solving

Abstract

Abstract: This study investigated the effects of several inhibition functions on insight problem solving. In experiment 1, a serial of inhibition tasks including the stroop tasks, latent inhibition tasks, retrieve inhibition tasks and several verbal insight problems with different initial search space were administrated to 148 undergraduates to explore the effects of inhibition function on verbal insight problem solving. In experiment 2, the same inhibition tasks as those in experiment 1 and several spatial insight problems with different initial search space were administrated to 159 undergraduates to explore the effects of inhibition function on spatial insight problem solving. The results showed that: 1)spontaneous lateral inhibition and voluntary inhibition were harmful to insight problem solving; 2)the inhibition functions exerted their effects mainly on the restructuring stages during insight problem solving. These results suggested an important role of inhibition function in insight problem solving. Key words insight problem solving, inhibition function, initial search space.

摘要： 探讨了抑制功能在顿悟问题解决过程中的作用。在实验1中，以148名大学生为被试，使用Stroop任务、潜伏抑制任务、提取抑制任务等多种抑制功能任务和若干初始搜索空间不同的言语类顿悟问题，探讨了抑制功能在言语顿悟问题解决中的作用；在实验2中，以159名大学生为被试，使用Stroop任务等抑制功能任务和初始搜索空间不同的空间类顿悟问题，探讨了抑制功能在空间顿悟问题解决中的作用。研究结果表明：（1）自发性侧抑制功能和主动性抑制功能对于顿悟问题解决均有不利影响；（2）抑制功能主要作用于顿悟问题解决的重构阶段。这些结果表明抑制功能对于顿悟问题解决的重构过程具有重要影响。

关键词: 顿悟问题解决, 抑制功能, 初始搜索空间。

CLC Number:

B842.5

Lv Kai. The Effects of Inhibition Functions on Insight Problem Solving[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2016, 14(2): 219-227.

吕凯. 顿悟问题解决中抑制功能的作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2016, 14(2): 219-227.

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