The Psychology of Problem-Solving
A short educational video about what psychology tells us about how people solve problems.
ThreeGlass Problem
1983. Chi and Glaser. "Problem Solving Abilities. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltex...
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/19530...
The Candle Problem
1952. Adamson. "Functional Fixedness as Related to Problem Solving: A Repetition of Three Experiments." https://psycnet.apa.org/record/19530...
1966. Glucksberg and Weisberg. "Verbal Behavior and Problem Solving: Some Effects of Labeling in a Functional Fixedness Problem." https://psycnet.apa.org/record/19660...
1973. Weisberg and Suls. "An Informationprocessing Model of Duncker's Candle Problem." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
2004. Kershaw and Ohlsson. "Multiple Causes of Difficulty in Insight: The Case of the NineDot Problem." https://psycnet.apa.org/record/20031...
