The psychology of problem solving

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• mixu · Nov 25, 2011 · Recommends

  How about some books that aren't pop-sci / business books? I am kind of biased, since I love this area of psychology. - The Sciences of the Artificial by Simon - The Psychology of Problem Solving by Davidson & Sternberg - The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) by Ericsson, Charness, Feltovich & Hoffman - Minds, Brains and Computers - The…

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• wrp · Oct 23, 2025 · Recommends

  …experimental psychology. TFA is a bit unfocused, making both some generally supported speculations and some traditional ideas that haven't been supported. A very good survey is the edited volume, The Psychology of Problem Solving (Davidson 2003). Although TFA doesn't refer to it by name, "insight" problem solving is when you are stuck on something and then suddenly realize the solution. The common explanation for being stuck…

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• wiki_me · Sep 8, 2021 · Mentions

  …could double check your answer and find better solutions which might help if you will interview to more demanding companies such as facebook or google). There is another interesting book called "the psychology of problem solving" (see http://www.al-edu.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Davidson-St...) where Ericsson argues iirc that deliberate practice is a form of problem solving.

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• arijo · Jun 2, 2024 · Mentions

  There is this book, The Psychology of Problem Solving that addresses these and a lot more strategies and heuristics that people use to solve complex problems. I wrote a brief review of the book in case you're curious about its contents. You can access…

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