PY2025 - Lecture 08 - Problem Solving and Expertise

All lecture slides can now be downloaded: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ie5rpsn38w615n5/AAA-PyFRq7u1_Am9FML9vTUga?dl=0 Level-2 / Year-2 BPS accredited core module "Cognitive Psychology", held at Brunel University January-March 2015. Key topics covered: Problem Solving, ill-defined problems, well-defined problems, Gestalt Psychology, Representational Change Theory, Information Processing Approach; Analogical Problem Solving; Thorndike; mutilated checkerboard problem; constraints relaxation, Problem Space; Tower of Hanoi task; Hill Climbing Heuristic; Karl Duncker; Functional Fixedness; Insight; Illumination; Fortress Problem; Expertise; Cognitive Expertise; Perceptual-Motor Expertise; Expert performance; Deliberate Practice