PSY100H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation, Authoritarianism, Confounding
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Problem-solving and intelligence: there is a deep connection between intelligence and problem-solving. We can understand human intelligence as the capacity for being a problem solver. When talking about intelligence= pointing to ability to solve problems. Newell and simon: newell and simon"s way of operationalizing intelligence as problem-solving: Vending machine: can only solve a very small set of problems. You can solve a wide variety of problems in a wide variety of domains. You can solve a great number of problems in many different problem domains. So you are a general problem solver. To be intelligent is the capacity to be a general problem solver. We can get at what your intelligence is by analyzing and operationalizing what it is to be a general problem solver. Newell and simon were trying to create artificial intelligence; more than theorizing. Artificial intelligence is important to understand the nature of intelligence. A problem is analyzed into four components: representation of a goal state.