Psychology: Why Some People Solve Problems Better than Others?

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1. Why do you think some people solve problems better than others? Does nature or nurture play a more important role?  Please explain your response.
Both nature and nurture influence how people think and solve problems, but I think that nurture has a stronger influence on how people solve problems. The more people practice the better they are at solving problems. People who face various situations where they have to solve problems are inclined to find solutions to various problems. Nature still influences how people comprehend complex issues, as individuals may think sequentially or in a straight line. Even IQ is not constant and through training and experience some people have better abilities to solve problems, and this is a function of nurture rather than nature. 2. In regards to the Cooper and Shepard (1973) experiment discussed in the learning module, explain why the reaction time for most people studied decreases after 180 degrees. 
The axial symmetry is at 180 degrees, which is midpoint between 0 degrees and 360 degrees, and rotations greater than 180 degrees are similar to rotations in the opposite direction (Bfwpub.com, 2016 a). Looking at both the clockwise and counter clockwise rotation, then the degree of rotation influences rotation rather than the direction of rotation. As such, the 60 degree angle of rotation corresponds with 240 degree rotation while the 120 degree rotation is similar to 240 degrees, but in the opposite direction. At an angle of 180 degrees an image is completely upside down, and the viewer then has to compare the image with normal representation regardless of whether it is backwards.3. Are you good at mental rotation?  Describe the pattern of your results.  Do your results fit the pattern of results from the Shepard experiments?  If not, why might your results be different?
The Shepard experiments highlight that the response time increases when the angle of rotation is 0 to 180, but then falls from 180 degrees to 360 degrees. My results mirror those of Shepard, but I took more time when the letters were backwards. The shape of the mean response time is similar, abut rotation of the image. This indicates that information processing of pattern structure and rotation transformation follows similar patterns, but the response time is different. In the task, one has to identify letters that are normal or face backwards in different degrees. Identifying the different spatial arrangements showed no significant results compared to Shepard experiments. 4. Why might some people be better than others at mental rotation?  Does nature or nurture play a more important role? Please explain your response. 
Both nature and nurture influence the mental rotation abilities, but people are exposed to different spatial activities. As such, nurture may have more influence on mental rotation ability, and this is especially for athletes where people have to engage in spatial activities. Athletes require mental rotation skills more than people in settled environments, and the mental image transformations are faster. Typically, highly trained athletes participate in many spatial activities and their capacity for mental imager...