PSY30400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Electric Light
Take Home Points Exam 3
Analogy
• Using the solution to a similar problem to guide solution of a new problem
• Analogical problem solving
o Notice – noticing an analogous relationship—most difficult of the 3 steps
▪ Surface features (specific elements of the problem)
• (tumor and fortress v. different but lightbulb and radiation
similar)
▪ Structural features (underlying principle that governs a solution) strong
rays destroy tissue
• Analogical transfer is improved by making the structural features
of the source and target problems more similar
• Both surface and structure features should be more similar to
easier notice an analogy
o Mapping
▪ mapping the correspondence between source and target
o Applying
▪ applying the mapping to generate a parallel solution to the target
problem
• Analogical transfer
o transfer from one problem to another
o Target problem:
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