Problem Solving Strategies
This strategy involves breaking a problem into smaller, more manageable steps.
What is means-ends analysis?
These are problems that have clearly defined goals and straightforward solutions.
What are well-defined problems?
This is the ability to generate a variety of solutions for a given problem.
What is divergent thinking?
This heuristic involves making decisions based on the most readily available information.
What is the availability heuristic?
This cognitive process involves using knowledge from past experiences to solve new but similar problems.
What is transfer of learning?
This heuristic involves choosing the solution that most directly moves you toward the goal.
What is the hill-climbing heuristic?
These types of problems involve ambiguous goals and a lack of clear solution paths, requiring creative thinking.
What are ill-defined problems?
This cognitive bias makes it difficult for people to think of new uses for objects beyond their conventional use.
What is functional fixedness?
This decision-making heuristic involves assessing the likelihood of an event based on how similar it is to a prototype or stereotype.
What is the representativeness heuristic?
These real-world problems involve finding several potential solutions and testing them to determine the best course of action.
What are ill-defined problems?
This problem-solving method involves starting with the goal state and working backward.
What is working backward?
This type of problem is complex and requires significant effort but has a clear goal state.
What are complex problems?
This type of creativity involves making novel connections between unrelated ideas or concepts.
What is creative thinking?
This heuristic involves making judgments based on initial information, even if later evidence contradicts it.
What is the anchoring effect?
This process involves overcoming obstacles through trial and error and adapting as new information becomes available.
What is problem solving by experimentation?
This method involves using prior knowledge to solve new problems by identifying similarities between the problems.
What is analogical problem solving?
These problems require thinking of multiple solutions, not just focusing on a single answer.
What is divergent thinking?
This type of creativity occurs when someone develops an entirely new approach to a problem.
What is original creativity?
This heuristic involves choosing the most easily accessible solution without considering alternatives.
What is the ease-of-retrieval heuristic?
This type of problem involves thinking outside the box to find a creative solution to an issue.
What is creative problem solving?
This problem-solving approach can lead to solutions without a step-by-step method and is often used when faced with complex problems.
What is trial and error?
This problem-solving method involves coming up with a single solution that most effectively resolves the issue at hand.
What is convergent thinking?
This process involves finding a solution that is not only novel but also useful or valuable.
What is innovation?
This problem-solving heuristic involves making decisions based on the most noticeable or obvious features of a situation.
What is the salience heuristic?
This cognitive bias can affect decision-making in real-life problems by leading people to overlook alternative solutions.
What is functional fixedness?