Problem Solving
The initial state (situation at the beginning of a problem), goal state (when the problem is solved), and Obstacles (restrictions that make reaching goal state difficult) are...
What are the components of a problem?
Finding solutions that are novel and useful
What is creativity?
A solution that will always work
What is an algorithm?
A form of problem representation where the brain organizes the problem in a chart/grid that shows all possible combinations of items.
What are matrices?
The way that creativity is measured, which measures the number of different responses made to test a specific item.
What is divergent production?
A cognitive shortcut/general rule that is usually correct.
What is a heuristic?
A diagram that uses a tree-like structure to show various possible options in a problem.
What is the hierarchical tree diagram?
A desire to work on a task to earn a promised reward.
What is an extrinsic motivation?
A problem-solving approach/heuristic that uses a solution to a similar, earlier problem to help in solving a new problem.
What is the analogy approach?
An approach to problem-solving where you use your body and motor actions to express abstract thoughts and knowledge (charades)
What is the embodied cognition approach?
A motivation to work on a task for its own sake, because you find it interesting, challenging, exciting, or personally challenging.
What is intrinsic motivation?
A problem-solving approach/heuristics that involves identifying the "ends" of a problem and later figuring out the "means" to solve the problem.
What is the means-ends heuristic?
An approach to problem-solving where we use information in our immediate environment to create spatial representations.
What is the situated cognition approach?
Which kind of motivation usually encourages higher forms of creativity?
What is intrinsic motivation?
A problem-solving approach/heuristic in which, upon reaching a choice point, you choose the alternative that seems to lead most directly/quickly toward your goal.
What is the hill-climbing heuristic?