PSYC 336 Lecture 13: 13.3 - Problem Solving & Intelligence III
8 Dec 2020
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We can improve problem-solving by encouraging people to pay attention to the problems" underlying dynamic. Cummins 1992 participants and algebra problems. One group asked to analyze each one by one. 2nd group asked to compare the problems to one another. Forced to think about the problems" underlying structure. More likely to use the training problems as a basis for forming and using analogies later on. Participants were asked to categorize simple physics problems. Novices grouped by the surface form of the problem. Experts grouped according to physical principles relevant to the solution. Analogy use was frequent one every 5 min. Helpful to break a problem into subproblems. So the overall problem can be solved part by part rather than all at once. Able to remember the positions of 20 pieces after viewing the board for 5 seconds. Recalled pieces by groups that made tactical sense . Memorized the board in terms of higher-order units.
