Question

While camping, Ben attempts to put up a new tent. He forgot to bring the instructions and is having some trouble. He tries to put it together twice, but some pieces are left over and the tent falls down right away. Confused, he stands staring at the tent stakes, poles, ropes, and tarps. Then, all of a sudden, through ________, he figures out the problem and sets up the entire tent in five minutes.​

Answer 1

d. insight

Step-by-step explanation:

The options for this question are missing. The options are:

a. a cognitive map

b. a schema

c. observational learning

d. insight

In psychology, the term insight refers to the sudden reinterpretation of a stimulus, object or situation that produces a new solution or a new sudden interpretation of the stimulus.

In this example, Ben attempts to put up a new tent but he doesn't have the instructions. At some point he stands staring at the tent stakes, poles, ropes and tarps and, while he stares at them, all of sudden, he figures out the problem and sets up the entire tent. We can see that he suddenly produced a new solution by watching the stimulus (poles, ropes, tarps). Therefore, this is an example of insight.

Answer 2

A Schema

Step-by-step explanation:

A schema is a cognitive ability or behaviour that helps pay close attention to the relationship between categories of information and organise these categories of information. The term Schema is a mental concept introduced by the psychologist Jean Piaget which he described as the mental image and representation of a preconceived information. Schema helps to quickly arrange new information into an understandable framework.

Ben used the sets of information of the tent stakes, poles, ropes, and tarps as framework to develop a schema to figure out the problem and sets up the entire tent in five minutes.