99 Problems (and this is one) | Problem-Solving (Cognitive Psych #8)
Channel: Francis Simonh Bries
Date: 2020-11-06

We encounter a lot of problems everyday, and we sometimes begrudgingly turn in the effort just to get them solved, or at least out of the way. But problem-solving actually involves a lot of taking apart and putting together, so this episode focuses on what's going on inside our heads while we think about what to do. [Psych 148, Episode 8/9]

00:00 Problem-Solving
02:52 PART 1 - What's the Problem?
03:22 Defining Problems & Problem-Solving
03:50 Types of Problems
05:51 PART 2 - Approaches to Problem-Solving
06:15 Gestalt Approach
09:45 Information-Processing Approach
14:13 PART 3 - Knowledge & Problem-Solving
14:42 Transfer
16:34 Analogical Problem-Solving
18:36 Expertise
22:04 Creativity
23:33 Epilogue

Produced by Francis Simonh Bries
Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman

[REFERENCES]

Eysenck, M. W., & Keane, M. T. (2010). Cognitive psychology: A Student's Handbook (6th ed.). Psychology Press.

Goldstein, E. B. (2019). Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience (5th ed.). Cengage.

[IMAGES]
Vector illustrations from https://icons8.com/illustrations/style--cherry
All image sources cited in slide of usage

[MUSIC]
Night on the Docks - Sax by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4129-night-on-the-docks---sax
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/