We Got a Problem
The cognitive process through which information is used to reach a goal that is blocked by some obstacle.
What is problem-solving?
The simpler strategy that is usually quicker than an algorithm, but more prone to errors. Also known as the "shortcut."
What is heuristic?
Mental groupings of similar ideas, people, objects, or events.
What are concepts?
A person's ability to learn and behave adaptively.
What is intelligence?
This network is most highly activated when mind-wandering.
What is the default-mode network?
A non-strategy based sudden flash of inspiration that solves a problem.
What is insight?
The strategy of making judgments about the unknown on the assumption that it is similar to what we know.
What is representativeness heuristic?
The best examples of categories.
What are prototypes?
A stimulus which triggers an automatic response without previous learning.
What is an unconditioned stimulus?
Type of reasoning going from specific to general.
What is inductive reasoning?
Solving problems based on shared structural similarities.
What is analogical problem-solving?
Believing that Sharks kill more people than falling airplane parts is an example of this.
What is availability heuristic?
A method for searching associated networks to retrieve information.
What is spreading activation?
A previously neutral stimulus which, through the process of conditioning, comes to elicit a response similar to the UCR.
What is a conditioned stimulus?
Thinking that is loosely organized, only partially directed, and unconventional.
What is divergent thinking?
Seeing a hammer as only for hammering nails is an example of this.
What is functional fixedness?
Relying heavily on initial pieces of information to make our decisions.
What is anchoring heuristic?
Mental representations are rooted in sensory and motor experiences.
What is embodied cognition?
This “pioneer” proposes that there are three different aspects of intelligence: analytic, creative, and practical.
Who is Sternberg?
This test has three categories of subtests that include verbal tests using verbal stimuli, verbal tests using non-verbal stimuli, and non-verbal tests.
What is the Torrence Tests of Creative Thinking?
Tendency to approach situations in a certain way because it was successful in the past.
What is mental set?
Effortless or automatic feelings and thoughts that we use instead of systematic reasoning.
What is intuition?
A concept with boundaries that vary depending on context or conditions instead of being fixed.
What is a fuzzy category/set?
Term for the concept of an inherited single general factor that is the basis for the more specific abilities that each of us possesses.
What is Spearman's General (or "g") Factor Intelligence?
What is Stage 1 of Basadur et al's (2000) Creative Problem-Solving Process: Problem Finding?