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Moss, Jarrod; Kotovsky, Kenneth; Cagan, Jonathan – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2011
Two studies examine how the time at which problem solving is suspended relative to an impasse affects the impact of incidental hints. An impasse is a point in problem solving at which a problem solver is not making progress and does not know how to proceed. In both studies, work on remote associates problems was suspended before an impasse was…
Descriptors: College Students, Experiments, Association (Psychology), Recall (Psychology)