Analogical problem-solving involves transfer of knowledge
that has been obtained from a source analog and successfully
applying it in the solution of a structurally similar target
problem. What is usually found in the so-called hint/no-hint
paradigm is that spontaneous solution to a problem is hard to
achieve. This leaves the possibility for individual differences.
This study searched for and found a positive correlation to
exist between scores on the Cognitive Reflection Test and
spontaneously solved analogical problems which, although a
weak one, possibly accounts for the differences that exist
between people who need a hint to solve an analogical
problem, and people that do not need a hint.
