Creative Problem Solving as Overcoming a Misunderstanding

Overcoming fixation. Creative problem solving and retrieval-induced forgetting.

Creative strategies in problem solving

Three experiments investigated how individuals solve “shape” problems. These problems are not susceptible to a meansends strategy. They consist of a configuration of squares, whose sides consist of separate pieces; and the task is to remove a given number of pieces to leave behind a given number of squares. The paper presents a theory of how individuals develop strategies for these problems. Ex...

Creative Problem Solving Using GroupSystems

Creativity is an important issue in the world of collaboration and it is widely accepted that techniques of creativity can energize participants and improve effectiveness of meetings. Specifically these techniques have been applied to ‘creative problem solving’. This paper analyses why it can be difficult to be creative in conventional meetings and. describes some current techniques for encoura...

Disagreement in Creative Problem Solving

This paper examines the claim that differences of opinion play an important part in creativity, and discusses how Artificial Intelligence research can help us to understand the dynamlcs of creative conflict. Research is described in which many different points of view are represented In knowledge bases, and the resulting conflict used to generate debate. The domain of this research is environme...

A Computational Model for Creative Problem Solving

Problem Solving may be classified into ordinary problem solving (OPS) and creative problem solving (CPS). Within our model, called INSPIRER, CPS is on a continuum with OPS, although we point out some differences in the properties of the solutions and in the process of producing solutions in those two kinds of Problem Solving. The goal of CPS is to produce an appropriate and original solution (B...