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Chapter 8 PSYCH1500LCC
chapter 8 Psychology Themes and variation talks about the hability of human mind to solve problems
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/02/2010

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Problem Solving

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Refers to active effort to discover what must be done to achieve a goal that is not readily attainable

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Problems of inducing structure

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this are problems in which the person has to discover the relation among the parts of the problems.

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Problems of Arrangment

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In these problems the person has to range the parts in a way that satisfies some criterios.

Exemple: string problem in figure 8.1(book)

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Problems of Transformation

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these are problems in which the person must carry out a sequence of transformation in order to reach the especific goal.

Example: the hobbits and the orcs problem (p. 261 fig.8.1)

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function fixedness

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the tendency to percieve an item only in terms of his most common use.

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A mental set

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it exists when people insists in using problesm solving strategies that have worked in the past

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Insight

 

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when people suddenly descover the correct solution to a problem after struggling with it for a while

 

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Trial and Error

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involves trying possible solutions sequentially and discarding those that are in error until one works

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Heuristic

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a guiding principle of "rule of thumb" use to solving problms or making desitions

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