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Theory Driven Hints in the Cheap Necklace Problem: A Preliminary Investigation

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dc.creator Chu, Yun
dc.creator Dewald, Andrew D.
dc.creator Chronicle, Edward P.
dc.date 2007-06-13T18:07:15Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-24T14:18:14Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-24T14:18:14Z
dc.identifier http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jps/vol1/iss2/4
dc.identifier http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=jps
dc.identifier.uri http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=jps
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/25612
dc.description Three experiments investigated the effects of two hints derived from the Criterion for Satisfactory Progress theory (CSP) and Representational Change Theory (RCT) on the cheap necklace problem (insight problem). In Experiment 1, fewer participants given the CSP hint used an incorrect (maximizing) first move than participants given the RCT hint or control participants given no hint on a single attempt at the problem. Experiment 2 found the number of trials to solution was fewer in the CSP condition than in the control over ten trials, and there were fewer incorrect first moves in the CSP. The results appear to support the CSP theory. However, in Experiment 3, the CSP and RCT hints were combined yielding a 75% solution rate over 34.88% in the control. Perhaps aspects from both theories are employed during the problem solving process.
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dc.publisher Purdue University
dc.source The Journal of Problem Solving
dc.subject Insight
dc.subject hints
dc.subject heuristics
dc.subject maximization
dc.subject representational change
dc.title Theory Driven Hints in the Cheap Necklace Problem: A Preliminary Investigation
dc.type Article


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