Metcalfe and Wiebe (1987)gave participants problems that required insightful solutions and problems that could be answered using incremental problem-solving techniques.While attempting to solve problems,they asked the participants to report if they felt they were getting closer to the answer,using a hot-cold scale.Reports that they were getting "warm" predicted the ability to solve:
A)insight problems.
B)noninsight problems.
C)both insight and noninsight problems.
D)neither insight nor noninsight problems.

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The "warm" reports were predictive of solving noninsight problems because these problems can be solved through incremental steps, allowing participants to feel progressively closer to the solution. Insight problems, on the other hand, are typically solved suddenly, without the gradual feeling of getting closer to the answer.

Metcalfe and Wiebe (1987)gave Participants Problems That Required Insightful Solutions