PSYCH207 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Publication Bias, Groot, Psych
10 Apr 2015
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(1) focused thinking (e. g. , goal based, problem solving) (2) unfocused thinking (e. g. , daydreaming, unintentional, creative thinking?) Complex and high0level skill that lls up gaps in the evidence. Processes of searching through a problem spar. What we do when we are in doubt about how to act, what to believe, or what to desire. With introspection you get a sense of what"s going on, but even then you can"t capture what you would with deep thinking. Not something that can be solved in a set of minutes. Focused problem solving in well de ned problems. Easy to do, con ned space, can test it in a reasonable amount of time. Generate a number of solutions, then test the solutions. Useful if there is a limited number of possibilities. Initial state conditions at beginning of problem. Goals state condition at the end of problem. Intermediate states the various conditions that exist along pathways between the initial.
