8- What is Problem Solving?

Question 1

How is problem solving defined?

Answer 1

A purposeful, goal directed action

Question 2

What kind of experience is problem solving in the brain?

Answer 2

Conscious

Question 3

What 3 parts are there to problem solving?

Answer 3

A starting state, problem solving process, a goal state

Question 4

When is something a problem?

Answer 4

Only if the solution isn’t immediately available

Question 5

What is the starting state?

Answer 5

When we have a problem but we don’t know what the solution is

Question 6

What is an impasse?

Answer 6

A mental block that stops us from interpreting a problem

Question 7

What is restructuring?

Answer 7

We think about the problem in a different way

Question 8

What is incubating?

Answer 8

Leaving the problem in the subconscious

Question 9

What are the 4 types of problem?

Answer 9

Well defined, ill defined, knowledge rich and knowledge lean

Question 10

When is a problem a well-defined one?

Answer 10

All aspects of the problem are clearly laid out- we know the initial state, the rules, and the goal state

Question 11

When is a problem ill defined?

Answer 11

We don’t know where to start, what the important components are, or where we finish

Question 12

What makes a problem a knowledge rich one?

Answer 12

We need a lot of knowledge for the solution

Question 13

What makes a problem a knowledge lean one?

Answer 13

Little knowledge is required for a solution