PSYC 494C Chapter 12

Your car breaks down. This is likely a _______ problem.

You may miss a clear, but taboo, solution as a result of _____.

Kacie is an expert in cognitive psyc. Your book discussed a major reason why she is terrible at bar trivia...which is:

Therefore, we often rely on Heuristics. Which of the following does NOT use a heuristic?

Sultan the Gorilla is supposed to demonstrate the Gestalt problem-solving approach of:

_____ focus on surface features of a problem, while ____ focus on structural features.

Experts are more likely to look at problems in their fields in new ways.

The headlights go out on your car. You solve the problem by changing the bulb. How did you solve the problem?

According to the IP Approach, as operators increase, ____ should decrease.

"Cupping a Cake" and other viral hacks are illustrative of a lack of:

Analogies are easier to solve when superficial (surface) traits are highly similar.

If an analogy helps, that means that you've experienced _____. If it doesn't, you've experienced _____.

Changing the headlight worked, so the next time a light goes out, I'll likely apply the same _____ to solve the problem.

The ______ states that problem solving in human cognition is subject to processing limits, just like attention and WM.

Problems can be:

Problems solved using "insight" likely feel that way because of _____ processing in the brain.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a well-defined problem

The difference between an algorithm and a heuristic is that a _____ will always lead to the correct answer.

Select the three hallmarks of a problem.