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The best description of the purpose of think-aloud protocols is that they are used to determine


A) what information a person is attending to while solving a problem.
B) which people can be considered more creative in ability to solve problems.
C) how to develop computer programs that best mimic human problem solving.
D) how a person's expertise increases his or her likelihood of solving a problem,relative to a beginner.

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Compare and contrast insight vs.non-insight problems,including a description of the kinds of problems representing each type.What is the evidence that insight does occur,and how does insight influence problem solving behavior?

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Dr.Curious is doing a follow-up study to the mutilated checkerboard problem experiment.In this new study,participants solve the following shoe problem before tackling the checkerboard problem.By doing this,Dr.Curious is studying the effect ofon problem solving. The shoe problem: A first-grade class is using a trampoline in gym class,so all the children have removed their shoes,which are all jumbled in a large pile.One of the students,Miguel,is leaving early,so the teacher tells him to grab his shoes and report to the lobby.In his hurry,Miguel grabs two identical left-footed,size 6 red sneakers and runs to his mother still sock-footed.Will the remaining students be able to shoe-up with the remaining shoes without getting a foot-ache?


A) analogies
B) anaphoric interference
C) perceptual segregation
D) divergent thinking

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Actions that take the problem from one state to another are known as


A) intermediate states.
B) subgoals.
C) operators.
D) mental sets.

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The analogical paradox refers to problem-solving differences between


A) experts and novices.
B) laboratory and real-world settings.
C) experimental groups and control groups.
D) well- and ill-defined problems.

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Describe the approach to problem solving involving search.Describe the elements of a problem space.Define the problem solving strategy known as means-end analysis.

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In the Tower of Hanoi problem,thestate involves having three discs stacked on the left peg,with the middle and right pegs empty.


A) transitory
B) goal
C) intermediate
D) initial

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In Kaplan and Simon's experiment,they presented different versions of the mutilated checkerboard problem.Participants in thegroup had the fastest response time.


A) blank
B) color
C) black and pink
D) bread and butter

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Metcalfe and Wiebe gave participants problems to solve and asked them to make "warmth" judgments every 15 seconds to indicate how close they felt they were to a solution.The purpose of this experiment was to


A) demonstrate a difference between how people solve insight and non-insight problems.
B) show how people progress through the problem space as they solve a problem.
C) show that some problems are easier to solve than others.
D) measure the time-course of solving well-defined versus ill-defined problems.

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The information processing approach describes problem solving as a process involving


A) design fixation.
B) creative cognition.
C) insight.
D) search.

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Finke's "creating an object" experiment had participants create a novel object by combining parts.Once they created an object,they were given the name of an object category and instructed to interpret their creation as a practical object or device within that category.Finke used the term preinventive forms to describe the


A) object parts.
B) novel objects before a function was described.
C) practical objects within the category.
D) inventions rated high in both practicality and originality.

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Gentner and Goldinmeadow (2003) illustrated that analogical encoding causes problem solvers to pay attention to Features thattheir ability to solve other problems.


A) surface;diminish
B) surface;enhance
C) structural;diminish
D) structural;enhance

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Insight refers to


A) prior learning facilitating problem solving.
B) prior learning hindering problem solving.
C) the tendency to respond in a certain manner,based on past experience.
D) the sudden realization of a problem's solution.

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A researcher records a brainstorming session in an industrial research and development department rather than in an artificial laboratory setting.Later,she analyzes the recorded discussions,identifying certain problem-solving techniques.This research is an example ofresearch.


A) think-aloud protocol
B) situationally-produced mental set
C) environmental functional fixedness
D) in vivo problem-solving

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Finke's creating an object studies show that people were more likely to come up with creative uses for preinventive objects if they


A) made the objects themselves.
B) had received training in creative thinking.
C) had been preselected as "creative" individuals.
D) were told they were expected to be creative.

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Janet is alone in a room that contains a chair and a shelf with a book resting on top.She attempts to retrieve the book,but the shelf is a foot above her reach.How will Janet retrieve the book? Psychologists would NOT classify this scenario as a problem because


A) the solution is immediately obvious.
B) there is an obstacle between the present state and the goal state.
C) the initial state is not clearly defined.
D) the goal state is not clearly defined.

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The text's discussion of the research on in vivo problem solving highlighted thatplay(s) an important role in solving scientific problems.


A) analogies
B) insight
C) flexibility
D) subgoals

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Describe the experiments that show how the surface and structural features of problems influence people's ability to make effective use of analogies in problem solving.Make sure you define and identify surface and structural features in your answer.

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Experts categorize problems based on


A) how similar the objects in the problem are.
B) general principles that problems share.
C) surface and deep structures.
D) event-specific knowledge.

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Astring led to a restructured representation in the two-string problem.


A) stationary
B) swinging
C) knotted
D) unknotted

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