PSYCH203 // LECTURE 8 // PROBLEM SOLVING

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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?

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

People become biased by experience to prefer certain.....

Ways of thinking

Approaches to eating cake

approaches to a problem

Stimuli

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