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Psychologists define thinking as the manipulation of mental representations of information. A representation may be in the form of a .
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Many athletes use in training in order to improve their performance.
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Heuristics enhance the likelihood of success in coming to a solution but, unlike , they cannot ensure it.
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Some approaches to generating possible solutions focus less on step-by-step heuristics than on a sudden awareness of the relationships among various elements that had previously appeared to be unrelated; this comprehension is called .
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One study demonstrated that only chimps who had experience in playing with a could successfully solve a problem involving obtaining bananas placed out of reach; inexperienced chimps never made the connection between standing on the box and reaching the bananas with a .
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Mental set is similar to and the opposite of .
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If you watch a survival expert use a safety pin as a fish hook or the lens of his glasses to start a fire, you might conclude that he is not experiencing with regard to everyday items.





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