PSYCH 240 Lecture 18: Lecture 11/28 - Problems
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Lecture outline issues (a) representing problems (b) methods & common flaws in problem solving (c) expertise: problems and problem representation. Psychologists solve the well-structured though there are many ill-structured. Key: common flaws in problem solving. Hindrances to forming appropriate representations: problem solving methods. Heuristics: hill climbing, means-ends analysis, working backward: expertise. Initial state methods goal state to be attained, plus a non-obvious answer (goal state) A problem consists of some initial state. You have some givens (initial state), but you need to use functions (methods) to get the in which a person begins and a goal state way of getting from the first to the second. that is. Completely specified starting conditions, goal state, and methods for achieving the goal. Can be hard even if well defined. Hard to even know the goal state. Common human flaw is to not check answers (plug x back into original equation) If it didn"t work at first, try again.
