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| Problem Solving Strategies: Working Backwards |
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Start With Your Goal In Mind
Find the Step Just Before Your Goal
Keep Stepping Back Until You Reach The
First Goal |
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| Problem Solving Strategy: Means End Analysis |
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Break Down a Problem Into Parts
Tackle Each Part |
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| Problem Solving Strategies: Incubation |
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Definition
| Insight Via Eureka Moment |
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| Problem Solving: Analogies |
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| If a problem is similar to one you have solved before, you use a similar solution |
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Obstacle of Problem Solving:
Multiple Hypotheses |
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Definition
We only consider a few possibilities at a time.
Availability heuristic makes us choose the possibility that most easily comes to mind.
Representative heuristic makes us choose the possibility that seems to fit the case. |
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| Obstacle of Problem Solving: Mental Set |
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| Your Way of Thinking, Your Mindset, Can Limit Your Ability |
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Obstacle to Problem Solving:
Ignoring Negative Evidence |
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| You ignore evidence that is contrary to your belief |
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Obstacle to Problem Solving:
Confirmation Bias |
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| You look for evidence to confirm your belief, and ignore evidence that is contrary |
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Term
| Building Problem Solving Skills |
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Definition
| Build Knowledge Based On Experience |
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| Problem Solving by Computer: AI |
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Definition
Unable to Draw Analogies
Unable to Form Or Use Natural Concepts
Ability is In Narrow Fields
Not Good For Visual Pattern Recognition
No Capacity for Insight |
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