eprintid: 8238
rev_number: 15
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creators_name: Frensch, Peter A.
creators_name: Funke, Joachim
title: Thinking and problem solving
ispublished: pub
subjects: 150
divisions: 100200
abstract:  Human thinking, and in particular, the human ability to solve complex, real-life problems contributes more than any other human ability to the development of human culture and the growth and development of human life on earth. However, the human ability to solve complex problems is still not well understood, partly because it has for a long time been largely ignored by traditional problem-solving research in the field of psychology. In this article, we present a definition of complex problem solving and describe a theoretical framework that accommodates the theoretical and empirical strides that have been made in understanding complex problem solving thus far and may serve as a guide for future research. We discuss the dominant methodological approaches that have been employed to study complex problem solving, and offer our own recommendations on which of the various approaches might be the most promising.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2002
date_type: published
publisher: Eolss Publishers
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00008238
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-1
schriftenreihe_order: 090
ppn_swb: 1347582592
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-82388
language: eng
bibsort: FRENSCHPETTHINKINGAN2002
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Oxford, UK
book_title: Experimental psychology and its implications for human development. Encyclopedia of life support systems (EOLSS), developed under the auspices of the UNESCO
editors_name: Cowan, N.
citation:   Frensch, Peter A. ; Funke, Joachim  (2002) Thinking and problem solving.  [Book Section]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/8238/1/FrenschFunke_2002_EOLSS.pdf