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  2. Problem solving - Wikipedia

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    Problem solving is the process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles, a frequent part of most activities. Problems in need of solutions range from simple personal tasks (e.g. how to turn on an appliance) to complex issues in business and technical fields. The former is an example of simple problem solving (SPS) addressing one issue ...

  3. Decision-making - Wikipedia

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    Decision-making can be regarded as a problem-solving activity yielding a solution deemed to be optimal, or at least satisfactory. It is therefore a process which can be more or less rational or irrational and can be based on explicit or tacit knowledge and beliefs. Tacit knowledge is often used to fill the gaps in complex decision-making ...

  4. Is Cognitive Bias Affecting Your Decisions? - Healthline

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    The first step: list an object’s (or a problem’s) parts. The second step: uncouple the part from its known use. The classic example is to break a candle into wax and wick. Next, uncouple wick ...

  5. Cognitive Psychology: How Scientists Study the Mind - WebMD

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    The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on how the interactions of thinking, emotion, creativity, and problem-solving abilities affect how and why you think the way you do. Cognitive ...

  6. Cognitive psychology - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and reasoning. [1] Cognitive psychology originated in the 1960s in a break from behaviorism, which held from the 1920s to 1950s that unobservable mental processes were outside the realm of ...

  7. Functional Fixedness: What It Is and How to Overcome It

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    Functional fixedness is what’s called a cognitive bias. This means that your brain is used to thinking of a particular thing in a specific way, which limits your ability to think of it in a new ...

  8. Interpersonal Conflict: What It Is and How to Resolve It

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    Takeaway. Interpersonal conflict refers to any type of conflict involving two or more people. It’s different from an intra personal conflict, which refers to an internal conflict with yourself ...

  9. Creative problem-solving - Wikipedia

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    Creative problem-solving (CPS) [1] is the mental process of searching for an original and previously unknown solution to a problem. To qualify, the solution must be novel and reached independently. [1][2] The creative problem-solving process was originally developed by Alex Osborn and Sid Parnes. Creative problem solving (CPS) is a way of using ...