Strategic changes in problem solving

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-173

  Lee, N Y Louis ^a   Johnson Laird, P N ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deduction; Mental models; Problem solving; Reasoning; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THINKING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; COGNITION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84876112389     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.719021     Document Type: Article

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