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Problem Solving (mental process)

Known as: Problem solving, solving problem 
A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal.
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Cognitiongeneral concepts related to thought processes
CounselingCrisis InterventionDecision MakingExecutive Function

Narrower (5)

HeuristicsIntuitionJudgmentReasoning

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Emotion-regulation strategies across psychopathology: A meta-analytic review.
Review
2008
Review
2008
Rethinking Rumination
The response styles theory (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991) was proposed to explain the insidious relationship between rumination and… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Imaging Cognition II: An Empirical Review of 275 PET and fMRI Studies
Positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have been extensively used to explore the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
VMD: visual molecular dynamics.
Review
1996
Review
1996
What are the functional consequences of neurocognitive deficits in schizophrenia?
  • M. Green
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 21248715
OBJECTIVE It has been well established that schizophrenic patients have neurocognitive deficits, but it is not known how these… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Capturing the Complexity in Advanced Technology Use: Adaptive Structuration Theory
The past decade has brought advanced information technologies, which include electronic messaging systems, executive information… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Building a learning organization.
  • D. Garvin
  • Harvard Business Review
  • 1993
  • Corpus ID: 29297810
Continuous improvement programs are proliferating as corporations seek to better themselves and gain an edge. Unfortunately… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Why a Diagram is (Sometimes) Worth Ten Thousand Words
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Metacognition and Cognitive Monitoring: A New Area of Cognitive-Developmental Inquiry.
Preschool and elementary school children were asked to study a set of items until they were sure they could recall them perfectly… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
The role of tutoring in problem solving.
THIS PAPER is concerned with the nature of the tutorial process; the means whereby an adult or "expert" helps somebody who is… 
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