PSYCH203 // LECTURE 8 // PROBLEM SOLVING
Master Your Problem-Solving Skills
Test your knowledge of problem-solving theories and strategies with our exciting quiz! Delve into psychological concepts and explore the mechanics of decision-making, from Thorndike to Gestalt psychology.
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- Key problem-solving heuristics
- Insights into cognitive processes
- Challenges to enhance your critical thinking
Problem solving can be thought of as a chain of '............'
Questions
Answers
Decisions
Events
E.L. Thorndike’s Puzzle box experiments found gradual, trial & error problem solving, which led to the ...........
Law of effect
Gestalt psychology
Trial & error effect
Thorndike effect
Wolfgang Kohler’s Observations of ape behaviour found sudden, insightful, discontinuous problem solving, this led to....
Law of effect
Gestalt psychology
Trial & error effect
Thorndike effect
Information processing approach is also known as what?
Representational Change Theory
Information processing theory
Knowledge application theory
Cake eating theory
What is Representational Change Theory?
Focus on the problem spcae and mental representation of the semantic memory space
Change in representation within the problem space
Changing what cake represents
Focus on mental representation of the problem space, and spreading activation in semantic memory
What does The Problem Space include?
Initial state
Goal state
Strategies to reach the goal
All of the above
1. Represent the problem 2. Generate possible solutions 3. Evaluate the solutions, these are the 3 phases of what?
Solving a problem
Generating a solution
Searching the problem space
Starting at the goal state and working towards initial state is called what?
Working backward
Working forward
Goal positioning
Working in reverse
Smaller sub-problems, solved one at a time is called what?
Means-ends analysis (goal reduction)
Creation of sub-goals (that are solvable)
Goal reduction analysis
Sub-goal creation
A & B
B & C
Mapping the solutions from one problem onto another is called what?
Mapping
Analogy heuristic
Singular problem heuristic
Step-by-step
Perception is more important than learned associations, is a viewpoint of what?
Gestalt psychology
Law of effect
Law of Cake
Thorndikes observations
Problem solving is both reproductive and productive, is a viewpoint of what?
Law of effect
Gestalt psychology
Law of Cake
Thorndikes observations
From each of the following statements, identify which aligns with Gestalts viewpoint
Reproductive problem solving involves re-use of previous experience
Reproductive problem solving involves thinking really hard
Reproductive problem solving involves thinking of new ideas
Reproductive problem solving involves sexual reproduction
From each of the following statements, identify which aligns with Gestalts viewpoint
Productive problem solving is characterized by how hard it is
Productive problem solving is characterized by how quickly a problem can be solved
Productive problem solving is characterized by restructuring and insight
Productive problem solving is characterized by producing several solutions
Functional Fixedness (a result of reproductive strategy) can hinder
Learning new skills
Problem solving
Mental state
Eating cake
Mental Set Effects also result from ........
Making brownie
Functional fixedness
Restructing
Reproductive strategy
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