PSYC 322(S) Thinking and Problem-Solving

Every day we confront a multitude of different problems. What makes a problem difficult or easy to solve? What makes it interesting or boring? What fallacies do we tend to commit and how can they be avoided? This course presents you with an opportunity to engage in a theoretical and empirical study of deductive thinking, inductive thinking, and problem-solving, and their application to educational practice. This course also teaches you how to develop evaluative strategies in order to reflect on your own thinking. You are expected to "find" problems instead of learning only how to "solve" them. Requirements: class participation, short reflection papers, and a final research paper. Prerequisite: Psychology 221 or permission of instructor. Empirical Project

Hour: BEN-ZEEV