While working in a lab, you encounter a problem with your experiment. You spend days trying to figure out what is wrong, and finally, it pops into your head that the temperature in the room is incorrect, causing fluctuations in your results. This is an example of ______.

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The sudden realization of the issue with the temperature is an example of an insight, which is a moment of sudden understanding or awareness that solves a problem. It is not trial and error because it was not a process of repeated attempts with different methods. It is not an algorithm because it was not a predetermined set of steps to solve the problem. It is not recognition because it was not a previously learned and familiar pattern.

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