Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

 
Module 24 
Problem Solving 
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FIGURE 3 
The three major categories of 
problems: (a) arrangement, (b) inducing 
structure, and (c) transformation. 
Solutions appear in Figure 4 on p. 254. 
(Source: Bourne & Dominowski, 
Cognitive 
Processes,
p. 233. Copyright © 1986 Prentice-
Hall, Inc. Reproduced by permission of 
Pearson Education, Inc.)
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1. Anagrams: Rearrange the letters in each set to make an English word:
2. Two strings hang from a ceiling but are too far apart to allow a person to hold one and walk
to the other. On the floor are a book of matches, a screwdriver, and a few pieces of cotton.
How could the strings be tied together?
2. Complete these analogies:
a. Arrangement problems
1. What number comes next in the series?
1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4
baseball is to bat as tennis is to
merchant is to sell as customer is to
b. Problems of inducing structure
2. Ten coins are arranged in the following way. By moving only 
two
of the coins,
make two rows that each contains six coins.
1. Water jars: A person has three jars with the following capacities:
How can the person measure exactly 11 ounces of water?
Jar C:
5 ounces
Jar B:
7 ounces
Jar A:
28 ounces
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