Effects of practicing creative problem solving

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...

Creative Problem Solving in Engineering Design

ion level: SIT operators operate on a consistent, content-transcending abstraction level. TRIZ’s techniques operate both on a high, content free, abstraction level and on a content expert-system like level. For example one of TRIZ’ techniques is the following “If you need to separate a mixture of two materials in a powder form, CHAPTER 4: THE SIT METHOD 113 use vibration”. Table 4-2 summarizes ...

Marketing and the Creative Problem-Solving Process