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Insight

• It is found in the higher class of animals and human beings.
• It is the best method of learning
• In Insight, a person perceives the problem as a whole
• The result of insight is the understanding of new relations, the discovery of new patterns and the formation of new organisation.
• In insight, once a solution is learnt, it is not forgotten

Characterisitcs

• Insight is sudden
• Insight alters perception
• Old objects appear in new pattern and organisation by virtue of insight
• It is relative to intelligence level
• In insight, understanding is more useful than dexterity of hands
• Maturity also effects insight
• Learning by insight is associative – learning