Observation Can Be as Effective as Action in Problem Solving

Autor/in	Osman, Magda
Titel	Observation Can Be as Effective as Action in Problem Solving
Quelle	In: Cognitive Science, 32 (2008) 1, S.162-183 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0364-0213
Schlagwörter	Observation; Problem Solving; Goal Orientation; Learning Processes; Motivation; Affective Behavior; Decision Making; College Students; Foreign Countries; Design Requirements; Correlation; Scores; Knowledge Level; Comparative Analysis; Active Learning; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Beobachtung; Problemlösen; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Learning process; Lernprozess; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Collegestudent; Ausland; Design preferences; Gestaltungsmittel; Korrelation; Wissensbasis; Aktives Lernen
Abstract	This study discusses findings that replicate and extend the original work of Burns and Vollmeyer (2002), which showed that performance in problem-solving tasks was more accurate when people were engaged in a non-specific goal than in a specific goal. The main innovation here was to examine the goal specificity effect under both observation-based and conventional action-based learning conditions. The findings show that goal specificity affects the accuracy of problem solving in the same way when the learning stage of the task is observation-based as when it is action-based. In addition, the findings show that, when instructions do not promote goal specificity, observation-based problem solving is as effective as action-based problem solving. (Contains 5 figures and 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10