1 / 21

Cognitive Psychology, 2 nd Ed.

Cognitive Psychology, 2 nd Ed. Chapter 13 Problem Solving. Types of Thinking. Directed vs. undirected thinking Reproductive vs. productive thinking Well-defined vs. ill-defined problems -initial state, subgoals, and goal -operators & problem space. General Problem Solver.

cjohns
Download Presentation

Cognitive Psychology, 2 nd Ed.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Cognitive Psychology, 2nd Ed. Chapter 13 Problem Solving

  2. Types of Thinking • Directed vs. undirected thinking • Reproductive vs. productive thinking • Well-defined vs. ill-defined problems -initial state, subgoals, and goal -operators & problem space

  3. General Problem Solver • Representing the problem properly is critical. -MC problem -monk problem • Isomorphic problems -monster problem

  4. Problem Space Search • Algorithm -trial and error -systematic search • Heuristics -working backwards -analogies -means end analysis

  5. Domain-Specific Knowledge • Knowledge is power -finding good representations -learning effective search -metacognitive monitoring

  6. Creativity • Historical vs. process creativity -novel product -useful product -special talent • Stages of creative process -preparation -incubation -illumination -verification

  7. Creative Blocks • Poor representation with unnecessary constraints • Fixation • Functional fixedness

  8. Historically Creative People • Muse or good thinking? • Simonton’s Darwinian Model -large number of varied ideas -random selection of variations -individual and societal selection

More Related