The Psychology of Problem-Solving

A short educational video about what psychology tells us about how people solve problems.

Three-Glass Problem

1983. Chi and Glaser. "Problem Solving Abilities. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltex...
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1953-0...


The Candle Problem

1952. Adamson. "Functional Fixedness as Related to Problem Solving: A Repetition of Three Experiments." https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1953-0...

1966. Glucksberg and Weisberg. "Verbal Behavior and Problem Solving: Some Effects of Labeling in a Functional Fixedness Problem." https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1966-0...

1973. Weisberg and Suls. "An Information-processing Model of Duncker's Candle Problem." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

2004. Kershaw and Ohlsson. "Multiple Causes of Difficulty in Insight: The Case of the Nine-Dot Problem." https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2003-1...