Problem Solving

Problem solving: overcoming some obstacles in order to answer a question or achieve a goal
Four phases
- Understanding
- Generating hypotheses
- Testing hypotheses
- Checking results

Strategies
- Used in the generating hypotheses stage
- Algorithm
Algorithm: a mechanical repetitive procedure for solving a problem
- Guarantee a correct solution to the problem
- Heuristics
Heuristics: strategies for solving a problem or for guiding an investigation
- Narrow the range of options we have to consider when trying to solve a problem

Types of Problems
- Inducing Structure
- Try and discover relations among parts of the problem
- Transformation
- Involve carrying out a sequence of transformations in order to reach a specific goal
- Problems of arrangement
- Involve arranging the parts of the problem in such a way that it satisfies some criterion
- Often solved with a burst of insight
Insight: the sudden discovery of the correct......

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