University of Florida

EXP 3604

CHAPTER 12

1)The text’s discussion of the research on in vivo problem solving highlighted that

                 play(s) and important role in the solving scientific problems.

2. The solution to the candle problem involves realizing that the
3. The ability to shift experience from one problem solving situation to a similar problem is known as
4. Gentner and Goldinmeadow (2003) illustrated that analogical encoding causes problem solvers to pay attention to                                                                           features that                          their ability to solve other problems.
5. 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 of              on 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.
6. Functional fixedness would be LOWEST for a(n)
7. A                  string led to a restructured representation in the two-string problem.
8. The circle problem, in which the task is to determine the length of a line inside a circle, was proposed to illustrate
9. Phoenix Decorating Company is responsible for designing and building many of the floral floats seen in the Tournament of Roses Parade every New Year’s Day. Phoenix’s designers start preparing the floats for the next year’s parade soon after the first of the year. For each corporate sponsor, Phoenix gets their best advertising team members, and they sit in a room for several hours throwing out every idea they can come up with, no matter how good or bad it is. After a substantial list has been created, they then go through every idea and rate its merits or deficits, until they come up with the best idea to pitch to the corporate sponsor. This process demonstrates
10. The analogy that makes the solution to the mutilated checkerboard problem obvious is the        problem.