PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Drawing Pin, Functional Fixedness, Radiation Therapy

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Richard Wright

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Intro to problem solving: what is problem solving, involves intermediate stages (property of problem solving) 3 men & a rowboat problem [canvas] -> series of stages: 2 different categories: well-defined & ill-defined problems, well-defined. Arithmetic problem (cryptarithmetic problem) -> e. g. [canvas] b) ill-defined. Rules are not clear, don"t know where to start. What are we going to do about climate change: what measure can we use to understand how we solve problems, verbal protocol analysis : getting ppl to describe what they"re thinking while solving the problem. Sounds like introspection - ask what they"re thinking while doing tasks. So researchers can figure out whats involved to solve problems. Can be solved verbally, but your forcing them as to solving visually - can be distruptive. Castle is attacked by single column of attackers (1st story). Castle attacked by different columns coming from different directions (another story).