Contradiction in the structure of task’s representation as a condition for insight origin
The article is devoted to the study of the process of insight tasks’ solving. The review of key theoretical- and-experimental researches in the sphere is presented. The results of two experiments conducted to reveal contradictions in the structure of insight task’s (Nine-Dot Problem) representation, that is limitations that are imposed by one part (variants) of task’s representation on its other part thus complicating and decelerating of correct answer finding, are described. Several variants of such contradictions were registered. The conclusion that contradiction in the structure of representation is a necessary condition for insight’s origin is drawn. The results do not agree with dominating in present psychology of tasks’ solving theory of task-space.