PSYCH207 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Problem Solving, Structural Level, Syllogism
29 Nov 2017
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Chapter 10 - thinking, problem solving and reasoning. What is thinking? imagining things, remembering, coming up with different examples (eggs and tacos - highlight broad range of tasks that may be subsumed under thinking) - hard to have concise definition of. Bruner, 1967 - going beyond the info given. Bartlett, 1958 - complex and high-level skill that fills gaps in evidence. Newell and simon, 1972 - process of searching through a problem space. Baron, 1994 - what we do when we are in doubt about how to act, what to believe or what to desire. Thinking is used to refer to more than one specific activity meaning likely several different kinds (no way to test) Focused thinking - has clear starting point and specific goal (how to go see movie at theatre) mind is focused on task and individual working through problem. Unfocused - not being on task (day dreaming, unintentional, creative thinking sometimes)
