The objective of this puzzle was to find as many triangles in the cat as possible. There were 20 total triangles, and we each found 19. To find each triangle, we each started at different ends of the cat. I did it by counting all of the triangles in each “group” (the head, body, then tail), then adding all of the sums up. My mother did it simply by starting at the tail and counting each one. I had originally counted 22, but in using the Gestalt visual operation of pattern-seeking, I counted two groups that were not actually triangles. We both employed the Gestalt strategy of finding to located each triangle. The way the solution to the puzzle displayed the strategy of categorization. A person is unable to use this strategy in a timely fashion for this particular puzzle.
Neither me nor my partner were able to find the cross in this puzzle. We each tried for about five minutes and it was passed around, but no one was able to do it. To try to solve the puzzle, we tried rotation in hopes that a different angle would allow us to see past the intense pattern, but it did not work. We used the strategy of pattern-seeking, but we could not detach the portion of the top square that was necessary to see the shape.
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