PSYB57H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Evaluation Function, Midlife Crisis, Search Tree
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Ch. 10 - problem solving (p. 305 - 337) Gestalt switch - a sudden change in the way information is organized (bi-stable figure bunny/duck) Insight problem - a problem that we must look at from a different angle before we can see how to solve it. Productive thinking (westheimer - thinking based on a grasp of the general principles that apply in the situation at hand. Structurally blind / reproductive thinking - the tendency to use familiar or routine procedures, reproducing thinking that was appropriate for other situations but is not for the current situation. Analysis of the situation - determining what functions the objects in the situation have and how they can be used to solve the problem. Functional fixedness (duncker)- the inability to see beyond the most common use of a particular object and recognize that it could also perform the function needed to solve a problem.
