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I was reading a book of a University about brain processes in psychology. Suddenly I stoped in a chapter about the way human being solve problems where it was mentined the Gestalt Psychology. It was an example of the insight process where it was described the ways to solve problems. It was really funny because it was really described the "Macgyverisms".
Now I have no time to search the book and translate into english.
Anyway in the wikipedia I have found this:
Gestalt views in psychologyGestalt psychologists find it is important to think of problems as a whole. Max Wertheimer considered thinking to happen in two ways: productive and reproductive.[5]
Productive thinking is solving a problem with insight.
This is a quick insightful unplanned response to situations and environmental interaction.
Reproductive thinking is solving a problem with previous experiences and what is already known. (1945/1959).
This is a very common thinking. For example, when a person is given several segments of information, he/she deliberately examines the relationships among its parts, analyzes their purpose, concept, and totality, he/she reaches the "aha!" moment, using what is already known. Understanding in this case happens intentionally by reproductive thinking.
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