PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes -Deep Structure And Surface Structure, Mental Models, Spreading Activation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Problem-solving - the process through which you gure out how to reach your goals, starting from your current state. As though you are navigating through a maze, seeking the best path to your goal. Newell and simon described problem-solving as starting with an initial state (the knowledge and resources you have at the outset) and working toward a goal state. The problem-solver has a set of operators (tools or actions that can change her current states) Path restraints - rule out some options or some solution, they may take the form of resource limitations or other limits. There is limited number of intermediate states that one can reach en route to the goal. Problem space - the set of all states that can be reached in solving a problem. Narrowing your search would involve an element of risk that you may overlook the best option - need a problem-solving heuristic.