The three-process view is a
psychological term coined by
Janet E. Davidson and
Robert Sternberg
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According to this concept, there are three kinds of insight: selective-encoding, selective-comparison, and selective-combination.
[ Davidson, 1995,2003]
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Selective-encoding insight – Distinguishing what is important in a problem and what is irrelevant. (i.e. filter)
Selective-comparison insight – Identifying information by finding a connection between acquired knowledge
Knowledge can be defined as Descriptive knowledge, awareness of facts or as Procedural knowledge, practical skills, and may also refer to Knowledge by acquaintance, familiarity with objects or situations. Knowledge of facts, also called pro ...
and experience
Experience refers to conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity that is produced by these conscious processes. Understood as a conscious event in the widest sense, experience involv ...
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Selective-combination insight – Identifying a problem through understanding the different components and putting everything together.
References
Information theory
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