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The Roles of Internal Representation and Processing in Problem Solving Involving Insight: A Computational Complexity Perspective
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Wareham, Todd – Journal of Problem Solving, 2017
In human problem solving, there is a wide variation between individuals in problem solution time and success rate, regardless of whether or not this problem solving involves insight. In this paper, we apply computational and parameterized analysis to a plausible formalization of extended representation change theory (eRCT), an integration of…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Schemata (Cognition), Intuition, Computation
The Problems with Problem Solving: Reflections on the Rise, Current Status, and Possible Future of a Cognitive Research Paradigm
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Ohlsson, Stellan – Journal of Problem Solving, 2012
The research paradigm invented by Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon in the late 1950s dominated the study of problem solving for more than three decades. But in the early 1990s, problem solving ceased to drive research on complex cognition. As part of this decline, Newell and Simon's most innovative research practices--especially their method for…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Heuristics, Search Strategies, Cognitive Processes