Problem-Solving Strategies
This is often the biggest obstacle when using analogies to solve problems.
What is failure to notice the similarity?
The new problem you're trying to solve using analogy.
What is the target problem?
Failing to see new uses for objects because of past use
What is functional fixedness?
This term describes a person's ability to retrieve relevant analogies from memory.
What is analogical transfer?
The process of aligning elements from one problem to another
What is mapping?
Tendency to apply analogies only when strongly cued
What is context-dependence?
This experiment showed participants often failed to use analogies unless they were explicitly told to do so.
What is Gick & Holyoak's study?
When people recognize the structure of two problems rather than just the surface details.
What is structural similarity?
Retrieving a source problem from long-term memory involves this cognitive process.
What is analogical retrieval
This is the process of seeing beyond surface features to deeper relational structure
What is schema induction?
In this famous analogy problem, a doctor must destroy a tumor without harming healthy tissue.
What is the radiation problem?
Giving learners two analogies with the same structure increases their ability to abstract the core concept.
What is analogical convergence or schema induction?