PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 56: Psy, Executive Functions
17 Dec 2019
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Found that the ability to solve such practical problems improved through the forties and fifties and individuals accumulated practical experience. However, men analysis shows that both qualities (problem-solving and decision-making) remained stable in early and middle adulthood, then declined in late adulthood. However, in late making effectiveness benefited when individuals were highly educated and the content of the problems involved interpersonal matters: expertise: extensive, highly organized knowledge and understanding of a particular domain. Because it takes so long to attain, expertise often shows up more among middle-aged or older adults than among younger adults. Experts are more likely to rely on their accumulated experience to solve problems. Experts often process information automatically and analyze it more effieicnetly when solving a problem in their domain than novices do. Experts have better strategies and shortcuts for solving problems in their domain than novices do. Experts are more creative and flexible in solving problems in their domain than novices are: decision making.
