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eureka task

a problem-solving task designed to investigate the phenomenon of sudden insight into a problem’s solution. The route to solving the problem is usually not obvious and typically requires a mental leap beyond the sorts of solutions used for everyday problems. See also aha experience; discontinuity hypothesis.

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September 17th 2024

buffering

buffering

n.

1. the protection against stressful experiences that is afforded by an individual’s social support.

2. in industrial and organizational theory, any practice by which an organization protects its operations from environmental uncertainty, for example, by accruing excess inventory to provide a safety margin. —buffer vb.