page_title: Insight
section_title: Classic methods
hierarchical_section_title: Insight / Psychology / Classic methods
caption_attribution_description: English: representation of the nine dot problem created in powerpoint
context_page_description: Insight is the understanding of a specific cause and effect within a particular context. The term insight can have several related meanings:
  a piece of information
  the act or result of understanding the inner nature of things or of seeing intuitively
  an introspection
  the power of acute observation and deduction, discernment, and perception, called intellection or noesis
  an understanding of cause and effect based on identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario
  An insight that manifests itself suddenly, such as understanding how to solve a difficult problem, is sometimes called by the German word Aha-Erlebnis. The term was coined by the German psychologist and theoretical linguist Karl Bühler. It is also known as an epiphany, eureka moment or the penny dropping moment. Sudden sickening realisations identifying a problem rather than solving it, so Uh-oh rather than Aha moments are further seen in negative insight. A further example of negative insight is chagrin which is annoyance at the obviousness of a solution missed up until the point of insight, an example of this being the Homer Simpson's D'oh!
context_section_description: Generally, methodological approaches to the study of insight in the laboratory involve presenting participants with problems and puzzles that cannot be solved in a conventional or logical manner. Problems of insight commonly fall into three types.
caption: Solution to the Nine Dot problem.[9][page needed]
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