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This document is a page from the introduction of a book (presumably by James Tagg, based on the URL) titled 'Experiments, Multimedia and Puzzles.' It discusses the difference between intuitive and analytical thought and references Graham Wallas's 1926 model of creative thinking. The document bears the Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015691, indicating it was produced as part of a Congressional investigation.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| James Tagg | Author (Inferred) |
Name appears in the URL provided in the text (www.jamestagg.com/understanding).
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| Graham Wallas | Social Psychologist/Theorist |
Cited in the text regarding his 1926 description of the process of creative thinking.
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| US House Oversight Committee |
Identified via the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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| jamestagg.com |
Referenced as a source for additional information regarding the book.
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Author cites Wallas's 1926 model of creative thinking.
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"This book argues that intuitive thought solves problems in a different way to analytical thought."Source
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"Graham Wallas described the process of creative thinking in 1926 and I think it is still one of the best models we have"Source
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"First you must prepare and become fully acquainted with the problem... Next, you should leave the problem to stew – incubation, he called it."Source
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Introduction
EXPERIMENTS,
MULTIMEDIA AND
PUZZLES
MULTIMEDIA AND
PUZZLES
Throughout this book you will come across experiments to try,
multimedia references to track down, and puzzles to solve.
You can get additional information at www.jamestagg.com/
understanding.
multimedia references to track down, and puzzles to solve.
You can get additional information at www.jamestagg.com/
understanding.
If you undertake an experiment I would appreciate your leaving a
note of your results on the website and making useful comments on the
blog.
note of your results on the website and making useful comments on the
blog.
Most of the experiments and puzzles are quick and simple. The
puzzles I have set often benefit from creative thinking. I have made
finding the answers to these problems a little hard, so you are not
tempted to cheat. I want you to try to solve the problems and ‘feel’ your
brain working.
puzzles I have set often benefit from creative thinking. I have made
finding the answers to these problems a little hard, so you are not
tempted to cheat. I want you to try to solve the problems and ‘feel’ your
brain working.
This book argues that intuitive thought solves problems in a
different way to analytical thought. The process takes time and often
benefits from putting a problem to one side while you use your mind
to process foreground tasks. I hope you read this book at a time when
the website is not available – or at least don’t peek. Give your intuitive
thought processes time to work.
different way to analytical thought. The process takes time and often
benefits from putting a problem to one side while you use your mind
to process foreground tasks. I hope you read this book at a time when
the website is not available – or at least don’t peek. Give your intuitive
thought processes time to work.
Graham Wallas described the process of creative thinking in 1926
and I think it is still one of the best models we have:
and I think it is still one of the best models we have:
First you must prepare and become fully acquainted
with the problem. It might seem impossible but don’t despair,
just commit to it. Next, you should leave the problem to
stew – incubation, he called it. After a while, you will feel
a solution is at hand. You don’t quite have it yet but you are
with the problem. It might seem impossible but don’t despair,
just commit to it. Next, you should leave the problem to
stew – incubation, he called it. After a while, you will feel
a solution is at hand. You don’t quite have it yet but you are
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