PROBLEM SOLVING

 Psychologists have
examined how people go
about solving problem,
often by presenting
research participants with
problems and studying
how they solve them.
TYPES OF PROBLEMS
 CONVERGENT THINKING
PROBLEMS

- problems that have known

solutions and require analytic
thinking and the use of learned
strategies and knowledge to come
up with the correct answer.
TYPES OF PROBLEMS
 DIVERGENT THINKING-is a
thought process or method used to
generate creative ideas by exploring
many possible solutions. Its typically
occurs in a spontaneous, free-
flowing, “non linear” manner, such
that many ideas are generated in an
emergent cognitive fashion.
SOLUTION STRATEGIES
ALGORITHMS –is a step by step
method of solving a problem .
Its is commonly used for data
processing , calculation and
other related computer and
mathematical operations. An
algorithm is also used to
manipulate data in various ways
, such as inserting a new data
item, searching for a particular
item or sorting an item.
SOLUTION STRATEGIES
 THINKING OUTSIDE THE
BOX
- requires you to break free of self-
imposed conceptual constraints and
think about a problem differently in
order to solve it.
OBSTACLES TO SOLUTION
 FIXATION- the inability to
break out of a particular mind-set
in order to think about a problem
from a fresh perspective.
 MENTAL SET- a tendency to
continue to use problem-solving
strategies that have worked in the
past, even if better solutions are
available.
 FUNCTIONAL FIXEDNESS-
obstacle to successful problem
solving is our tendency to be blind
to unusual uses of common
everyday things or procedures.
CREATIVITY
 Is thought or behavior that is both
novel-original and useful-adaptive .
STAGES OF CREATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVING
-a process that has distinct stages.
FOUR STAGES OF CREATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVING
>PREPARATION >INSIGHT
>INCUBATION
>ELABORATION-VRIFICATION
GENIUS, INTELLIGENCE,
CREATIVITY
 GENIUS-is the high intelligence
combined with creative
accomplishments that have a
tremendous impact on a given field.
 INTELLIGENCE – the capacity for
logic, understanding, self-awareness,
learning, emotional and knowledge
,reasoning , planning ,creativity ,
critical thinking and problem solving.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
one of the scientific who discover the
genius change.
CREATIVITY AND THE
BRAIN
 The research has revealed three
consistent findings:
Creative insight increases frontal
lobe activity. Insights occur in the
right hemisphere rather than the
left . And creative people solving
creative problems show more
balanced activity between their
right and right frontal lobes.
CREATIVE INSIGHT RESULT IN
INCREASED FRONTAL LOBES
ACTIVITY
 The frontal lobes are active in
abstract reasoning, planning
,focused working memory and
integrating sensory input.
CREATIVE INSIGHT AND
THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE
- One kind of problem that has
been used in creativity/brain
research is a remote association
word problem.
CREATIVITY AND BALANCE
ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE
HEMISPHERE
-the third consistent finding from
the neuroscience of creativity
is that when solving problems,
creative people have more
balanced brain activity
between the hemispheres than
less creative people.

COGNITIVE PROCESS IN
CREATIVE THINKING
-creative thinking entails cognitive
process. Psychologists who study
the cognitive aspects of creative
thought have focused on visual
thinking, fluency, flexibility , and
originality.
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PROF. JAMIR LUJUMAN

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HUSNA A. BHUD
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