Source: Creativity and Innovation

20%] Sofia, a biochemist and UCSD alumnus, works at Pfizer. She has been working hard to solve a technical problem at work for the past several weeks, but without success. Then, after a weekend vacation, she returns to work on Monday and realizes that she has been thinking about the problem the wrong way and now has the solution. What two potential explanations of this "incubation effect" were discussed in class, and which explanation is most strongly supported by evidence? [word limit: 250]

[20%] What is overconfidence, and what is hindsight bias? Explain how to reduce both biases, as discussed in class. Finally, explain how overcoming both biases is related to creativity. [word limit: 250]