Reasoning Approach

Latent

Variable

Item

Statement of Manifest Variable

Cognitive

Function

Strategic

Approach

Preparing

41

I tried a lot of different ways until I found the right one

Exploration

52

I had several attempts at finding a solution before I gave up for a time and came back to it later

Impasse

53

I played around and explored the problem for a while

Exploration

56

I set the problem aside for a time

Impasse

Free-flowing

Approach

Incubating

36

I drew upon all mental resources/parts of me to solve this problem

Breadth of attention

27

I connected with the patterns in this problem

Associative

57

Having set aside the problem for a time I found that the solution suddenly popped into my mind

Associative

illumination

39

I thought of how to get the answer to this problem while I was doing something else (e.g. riding a bike)

Defocused

attention

Feeling

Approach

Illuminating

38

I developed a feeling about the correctness of my solution before I checked it

Intra-personal

scrutiny

28

I had a sense of relative sizes in this problem

Cue relevance

22

The ‘answer’ or ‘how to get the answer’ suddenly came into my head while I was working on this problem

Intuitive insight

55

I followed a feeling/ hunch about what to do

Intuition

Systematic

Approach

Elaborating

31

I used a sequence of logical steps in this problem

Sequential

reasoning

29

I organized my reasoning/thinking in a strategic way

Organizing

49h

Talked over the quantities in your mind

Familiarization

34

I tried to verify/check that my answer was correct

Evaluation