Perry Honors College
Through the highly selective college of only a small percent of the University, my journey in academia began.
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Honors Thesis: Validity and Reliability of Eye-tracking as a measure of impasse in working memory
Creativity in human cognition was the focus of the study. More specifically, the theory of insight problem solving was investigated. Insight includes a moment of high amounts of suddenness, high amounts of confidence, and low amounts of effort involved in finding the solution. In the process of insight problem solving, a person will most likely reach a period known as impasse, the subjective feeling of not knowing what to do or simply being stuck. This study aimed to identify the validity and reliability of eye tracking as a measure of insight by comparing the method against Think Aloud Protocol and Aha! Ratings, which is a self-reported measure. The study predicted eye tracking to be more reliable compared to the current methods of Think Aloud and Aha! Ratings since it can decrease bias in inter-rater reliability and have more predictably, and less interference in reliability since it does not require the participant to have a full understanding of the concept and rate themselves subjectively.
