PSYC 317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Barometer
20 Aug 2016
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Restructuring: perceiving and representing in a different way. Insight problem solving: sudden realization of a problem"s solution; discovering the crucial element that leads to solution. Obstacles in problem solving: problems are studied that require restructuring (ex: candle problem) Functional fixedness: focus on familiar use of objects. Water jug problem: situationally produced mental set information processing approach. Problem solving is a process that requires search. Search: occurs between problem solving and problem solution. Initial state: conditions at the beginning of the problem. Operators: rules specifying with strategies are allowed. Problem space: all possible states of a problem. Means-end analysis: reduce difference between initial and goal states; accomplished by creating sub-goals and looking ahead. Importance of how a problem is stated: acrobat problem and reverse acrobat problem. Think-aloud protocol using analogies to solve problems. Noticing the analogous relationship between source story and target problem. Mapping the correspondence between source story and target problem.
