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Across five experiments, people could use a story analogy from a distant military domain to solve Duncker’s radiation problem, especially when given a hint to use the story. Without such a hint, spontaneous noticing and transfer dropped sharply, even though the analogy was often retrievable and usable once prompted.
Key findings
- In Experiment I, all 10 subjects given the Attack-Dispersion story produced the dispersion solution, versus 0 of 10 controls; the Open Supply Route story raised open-passage proposals to 70% versus 20% in other conditions, and the Tunnel story raised operation proposals to 80% versus 43% elsewhere.
- In Experiment II, the Attack story produced 76% total dispersion solutions (57% complete, 19% partial), the Parade story produced 49% (31% complete, 18% partial), and controls produced 8%; the less analogous Parade problem statement reduced transfer. Effective analogies also narrowed search: non-dispersion proposals averaged 1.17 for Attack, 1.40 for Parade, and 2.12 for controls, while healthy-tissue-protection alternatives appeared for 2% of Attack, 16% of Parade, and 28% of control subjects.
- In Experiment III, 22 of 45 subjects (49%) generated the military dispersion solution; 9 of those 22 (41%) then produced a radiation dispersion solution, compared with 3 of the remaining 23 (13%). This 41% was lower than the 76% obtained in Experiment II when the solution was supplied by the experimenter.
- In Experiment IV, 11 of 12 hinted subjects (92%) produced the complete dispersion solution, but only 3 of 15 no-hint subjects (20%) did so, and probably only 1 noticed the analogy spontaneously. In Experiment V, 43% produced the solution before a hint and 76% eventually did; the incubation-control condition produced it for only 1 of 10 subjects (10%), and that subject did so before seeing the story.
Methods
- Five experiments used Duncker’s radiation problem as the target and military stories as analogies. Experiment I used oral protocols with 40 undergraduates, 10 per condition, comparing three story types against a no-story control with experimenter prompts. Experiment II used a noninteractive booklet with 143 undergraduates assigned to Attack, Parade, or control. Experiment III had 46 students first solve the military problem and then the radiation problem. Experiment IV had 27 paid subjects memorize the critical story among two distractor stories and then solve the radiation problem with or without a hint. Experiment V had 47 paid subjects in Story First, Story Second, or Incubation Control conditions.
- Main analyses scored solution types by independent scorers, used G² tests for condition comparisons, and supplemented these with protocol excerpts, helpfulness/creativity/practicality ratings, and recall scoring in Experiment IV.
Limitations
- Stated by the authors: the study used only one target problem and a limited set of story analogies, so generalization is cautious; it remains unclear whether similar results would hold for more computational or multi-step problems; more work is needed on spatial representation, noticing, memory access, and mapping; post-hoc questionnaires may reflect hindsight; protocol analysis has obvious limits; and Experiment III was correlational, though additional evidence suggested a causal influence.
- Evident from the text, not framed as author limitations: samples were undergraduates or paid subject-pool participants, several conditions had small numbers (e.g., 12 hinted and 15 no-hint subjects in Experiment IV; 10 incubation-control subjects in Experiment V), and Experiment I involved substantial experimenter prompting and feedback.
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“However, when no hint to consider the story was given, frequency of analogous solutions decreased markedly.”
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“In all experiments subjects who first read a story about a military problem and its solution tended to generate analogous solutions to a medical problem (Duncker's “radiation problem”), provided they were given a hint to use the story to help solve the problem.”
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“Subjects were able to retrieve the story from memory and use it to generate an analogous solution, even when the critical story had been memorized in the context of two distractor stories (Experiment IV).”
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“Transfer frequency was reduced when the problem presented in the military story was substantially disanalogous to the radiation problem, even though the solution illustrated in the story corresponded to an effective radiation solution (Experiment II).”
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“Subjects in Experiment III tended to generate analogous solutions to the radiation problem after providing their own solutions to the military problem.”
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“However, 22 of the 45 subjects (49%) produced the gist of the dispersion solution: the general should divide the troops into small groups and send them down different roads.”
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“The value of 41% is significantly higher than the 8% of subjects who produced the dispersion solution to the radiation problem without any prior story problem (Control condition of Experiment II), G2(1) = 10.4,p < .Ol.”
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“Newman-Keuls tests revealed that only the difference between the Tunnel and Attack-Dispersion conditions was significant (p < .Ol).”
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“For the Hint condition, 11 out of 12 subjects (92%) produced the complete dispersion solution.”
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“The protocols of 2 of the 3 prompted subjects suggested use of a solution-focusing strategy.”
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“Two subjects in the Tunnel condition who produced the dispersion solution did so after first spontaneously remarking that the general might have sent his men down multiple roads.One other subject, in the Open Supply Route condition, also suggested the dispersion solution to the military problem, but failed to apply it to the radiation problem.”
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“Eighty percent of subjects in the Tunnel conditions produced operation solutions, as opposed to 43% of subjects in all other conditions, G2(1) = 4.29, p < .05.”
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“Collapsing over subjects in all conditions, the dispersion solution tended to be rated as most practical (a mean of 2.0), followed by the open passage (3.9) and operation solutions (5.4).”
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“Control subjects more often were prompted to talk.Sometimes they seemed confused and asked if there really was a solution to the problem.In addition, control subjects received fewer prompts to clarify their solutions.”
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“Collapsing over all conditions, dispersion solutions tended to be produced relatively early in the sequence of proposals given by a subject (i.e., prior to the proposal of median rank, p < .025by a sign test).”
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“However, when later questioned by the experimenter, S28 clearly was also aware of correspondences between the radiation problem and the prior story'.It is therefore uncertain which analogy initially triggered generation of the dispersion solution.”
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“In the Attack-Dispersion condition seven subjects produced and rated the dispersion solution and at least one other proposal.The dispersion solution was rated as much more practical than other solutions (1.43 versus 4.64), F(1,6) = 27.2,p < .Ol.”
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“In addition, 10 of the 12 subjects indicated that the Attack-Dispersion story was “very helpful,” one indicated that it was “somewhat helpful,” and one did not answer the question.In contrast, 50% of the subjects indicated that “The Wine Merchants” was “not helpful at all,” and 91% (10 of 11 who answered the question) indicated that “The Identical Twins” was “not helpful at all.””
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“The mean number of proposals was 1.17 for the Attack condition, 1.40 for the Parade condition, and 2.12 for the control condition, F(2,139) = 12.7, p < .OOl.A Newman-Keuls test indicated that only the difference between the control condition and the two story conditions was significant, p < .Ol.”
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“Of 24 subjects who gave the successive groups solution to the military problem, 10 (42%) suggested an accumulation solution to the radiation problem.In contrast, only 3 of the remaining 21 subjects (14%) suggested an accumulation solution to the radiation problem, G2(l) = 4.28, p < .05.”
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“Seventy percent of subjects in the Open Supply Route condition produced the open passage solution, as opposed to 20% of subjects in all other conditions, G2(1) = 8.21, p < .Ol.”
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“Most subjects who produced a dispersion solution rated the story as “very helpful.”In contrast, the majority of those subjects in both conditions who failed to produce a dispersion solution rated the story as “not helpful at all.””
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“Dispersion solutions were produced by 76% of the subjects in the Attack-Dispersion condition, 49% of the subjects in the Parade-Dispersion condition, and only 8% of the subjects in the control condition, G2(2) = 53.1,p < .OOl.”
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“For this solution the frequency differences among the four conditions were highly significant, G2(3) = 33.9,p < .OOl, as was a comparison between the Attack-Dispersion condition versus all others, G2( 1) = 30.9,p < .001.3”
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“Of the nine subjects who generated the dispersion solution to both problems, all but one indicated that the military story was “somewhat” or “very” helpful in solving the radiation problem (one other subject did not respond to this question).In contrast, a majority (58%) of the remaining subjects indicated that the story was not helpful at all.”
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“Of the 22 subjects who produced the dispersion solution to the military problem, 9 (41%) subsequently produced either complete or partial dispersion solutions to the radiation problem.Five of these subjects produced a complete solution.In contrast, only 3 of the remaining 23 subjects (13%) produced this solution G2( 1) = 4.61, p < .05.Two of these subjects produced a complete solution.”
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“Parallel analyses for the Open Supply Route and Tunnel conditions revealed no significant differences.”
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“For the Open Supply Route story, the open passage solution received the highest rating, although it did not differ significantly from the ratings given the two operation solutions.However, these three solutions were all rated significantly higher than any of the others (p < .05).”
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“Notice also that the solution S 15 proposes prior to the prompt involves the idea of applying many low-intensity rays.After the prompt, the subject produces the dispersion solution by augmenting this aspect of the earlier solution with the idea of sending rays from many angles.”
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“Of the 10 subjects in the Attack-Dispersion condition, 7 produced the dispersion solution without any prompt, and 3 produced it after being prompted to refer back to the story.”
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“Whereas 92% of the subjects in the Hint condition produced the dispersion solution, only 20% (3 out of 15) of those in the No Hint condition did so, G2(1) = 15.5,~< .OOl.”
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“Fifteen of the twenty subjects selected the dispersion solution as more practical @ < .05by a sign test).”
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“Also note that at the beginning of this excerpt S28 remarks that the dispersion solution made it hard to think of alternative solutions, suggesting that he was aware of a set effect.No other subject explicitly mentioned such an inhibitory effect of the prior story.”
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“In the case of the Tunnel condition four of the eight subjects who generated operation solutions received a prompt to use the story before they did so.”
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“Such solutions were produced by 30% of the subjects in the control condition, 10% of the subjects in the Tunnel condition, and none of the subjects in the Attack-Dispersion and Open Supply conditions.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“The average number of nonanalogous solutions produced was 1.10 for the Attack-Dispersion condition, 1.60 for the Open Supply Route condition, 2.70 for the Tunnel condition, and 2.00 for the control condition, F(3,36) = 4.17, p < .025.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“After the prompt to use the story, this subject clearly focuses on the solution of dividing up the army into groups and immediately generates the parallel solution to the radiation problem.There is no apparent map- ping between the initial problem stated in the story and the target problem.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“Among the three story conditions, the Open Supply Route condition produced the second highest frequency of operation solutions, while the Tunnel condition produced the second highest frequency of open passage solutions.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“All 10 subjects who were given the Attack-Dispersion story produced this solution, whereas not a single control subject did so.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“This subject's protocol is particularly interesting because he claimed that he generated the dispersion solution on the basis of an analogy between the radiation problem and an actual problem he had read about the previous night (using lasers to fuse the filament in a lightbulb without breaking the glass).”
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“Whereas 76% of the subjects in the two experimental conditions eventually produced the dispersion solution, only 10% (one subject) produced it in the Incubation Control condition, G2(1) = 15.0,p < .OOl.”
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“| Incubation Control | 10 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 10 |”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > The Identical Twins
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“Subjects in this experiment seemed to have little difficulty in identifying the appropriate story in memory, and applying it to the target problem, as long as they were instructed to do so.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Noticing and Accessing Potential Analogies
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“| Story Second | 10 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 |”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > The Identical Twins
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“| Attack-Dispersion | 57 | 19 | 76 | 47 |”
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“| Parade-Dispersion | 31 | 18 | 49 | 45 |”
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“| Control | 8 | 0 | 8 | 50 |”
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“| Attack-Dispersion story | 100 | 10 | 30 |”
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“| Control | 0 | 20 | 50 |”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > The Identical Twins
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“| Story First | - | 41 | 35 | 24 | 17 |”
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“In the Story First condition, 41% of the subjects gave the dispersion solution on their first attempt following recall of the story; while in the Story Second condition, 35% of the subjects produced this solution immediately after reading the story.”
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“Collapsing over the Story First and Story Second conditions, 43% of the subjects generated the dispersion solution prior to receiving the hint, while a total of 76% eventually succeeded in producing the critical solution.”
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“Three propositions were recalled by all 27 subjects.These were proposition 1 (“A small country was ruled by a king”) and propositions 5 and 6 (“Many roads radiated outward from the fortress like spokes on a wheel”).”
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“They argue that the understanding process may involve the iterative application of a set of inference rules that generate increasingly abstract “macrostructure” representations of a prose passage.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > The Representation of Analogy
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“While the process of solving analogy test items of the form A:B::C:D has been studied quite extensively (Sternberg, 1977a(Sternberg, , 1977b)), there has been little experimental investigation of analogical thinking in more complex problem-solving tasks.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > INTRODUCTION
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“The hydraulic model of the blood circulation system, the planetary model of atomic structure, and the “billiard ball” model of gases all represent major scientific theories founded on analogies (Boden, 1977, Chap. 11).”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > INTRODUCTION
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“The anecdotal reports of creative scientists and mathematicians suggest that the development of a new theory frequently depends on noticing and applying an analogy drawn from a different domain of knowledge (Hadamard, 1954).”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > INTRODUCTION
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“While much remains to be learned about how this process operates, the three specific inference rules proposed by Kintsch and Van Dijk (which they term “deletion,” “generalization,” and “construction”) would seem readily applicable to the type of story analogies we are considering here.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > The Representation of Analogy
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“In other words, the army and the rays do not till corresponding semantic roles in propositions 5 and 5'; rather, the army is the object of the process of destruction in 5, while the rays are the instrument of the destruction in 5'.”
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“Duncker identified three broad categories of proposed solutions to the radiation problem: (1) reducing the intensity of the rays as they pass through the healthy tissue; (2) avoiding contact between the rays and healthy tissue; and (3) altering the relative sensitivity to rays of the healthy tissue and the tumor (e.g., by immunizing the healthy tissue or sensitizing the tumor).”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > THE RADIATION PROBLEM AND ITS ANALOGIES
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“It seems clear, however, that the “semantic distance” between analogous domains can vary a great deal.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > INTRODUCTION
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“A system of representation for analogy must be able to describe a fundamental property of such relational systems, namely, that analogy may be defined at multiple levels of abstraction.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > The Representation of Analogy
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“S15 appeared to use the story analogy to develop the early partial solution; however, other subjects apparently generated an abstract partial solution independently of the analogy.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“In contrast, the Open Supply Route story only suggests that an existing open passage might be used.The subject must then search memory to find a concrete example of such an open passage to the stomach (e.g., the esophagus).Applying the analogy thus involves two steps: mapping the abstract idea of an open passage from the story to the target problem, and then thinking of a concrete example of such”
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“Two independent scorers were entirely in agreement in identifying dispersion solutions to the radiation problem.”
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“In order to avoid any possibility that subjects could be led to a particular solution by the experimenter, Experiment II used a noninteractive procedure in which story analogies and the radiation problem were administered in booklet form.”
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“This analysis was done by two independent scorers, each blind to the conditions in which subjects served.Disagreements were resolved by discussion.”
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“Analogous radiation solutions might be to operate to expose the tumor to the rays, or to insert a tube through the stomach wall and send rays through it to the tumor.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > ISSUES AND EXPERIMENTS
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“Subjects' protocols for the radiation problem were transcribed and scored for the presence of various types of proposed solutions, by two independent scorers.”
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“Given the lack of empirical research on analogical problem solving, even more basic issues arise.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > ISSUES AND EXPERIMENTS
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“While the numbers involved were too small to be statistically reliable, these results suggest that an analogy may tend to block generation of alternative types of solutions.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“Furthermore, 2 of these 3 subjects gave only partial solutions (as defined in Experiment II), and indicated that they did not consider using the stories.It is therefore possible, and in fact rather likely, that only 1 of the 15 subjects spontaneously noticed the critical analogy and successfully applied it to produce the dispersion solution.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“For our story analogy and target problem the solution process appears to require three major steps.”
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“(2) The representation of the story must be mapped onto that of the problem.”
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“(3) Finally, the person must use the mapping to generate the parallel solution to the target problem.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > The Representation of Analogy
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“Second, the effectiveness of analogies in prompting a specific solution is a matter of degree.In particular, a story with a problem statement analogous to that of the radiation problem (the Attack story) was more likely to trigger the dispersion solution than was a story with a problem statement less related to that of the radiation problem (the Parade story).This was true even though both stories”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“The overall impression created by the problem-solving protocols is that the generation of analogous solutions involves a conscious process of mapping correspondences between the story and the target problem.The degree of mapping required seems to vary a great deal.Sometimes mapping was done in considerable detail, particularly if the subject was having difficulty producing a parallel solution.In”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“Subjects clearly had no serious difficulty in identifying the critical story analogy in memory and applying it to generate the dispersion solution to the radiation problem.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“Notice that both types of solutions involve avoiding contact between the rays and the healthy tissue, by directing the rays through an unobstructed route.The basic difference between the two solution types is simply that the open passage solution makes use of a preexisting route (the esophagus), while the operation solutions require that the route be constructed (by some type of operation).”
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“Duncker (1945) reported that only 2 of 42 subjects arrived at this dispersion solution, and both were prompted by the experimenter.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > ISSUES AND EXPERIMENTS
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“The data for one subject in the Parade-Dispersion condition who was familiar with the radiation problem and dispersion solution were discarded.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“There seem to be at least three distinct ways in which subjects who have a relevant analogy available might nonetheless fail to derive the parallel solution to a target problem.”
- Also stated in: § ISSUES AND EXPERIMENTS · hedged
“The first and most basic is that subjects might be unable to successfully apply the story analogy even if they tried.”
- Also stated in: § ISSUES AND EXPERIMENTS · hedged
“Third, subjects might be able to retrieve a potentially useful analogy and yet fail to spontaneously notice its relevance to the target problem.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > ISSUES AND EXPERIMENTS
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“Since subjects were randomly assigned to the two conditions, degree of memory for the critical story should have been equalized across the two conditions.”
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“As anticipated, the mean number of propositions recalled did not differ significantly between the Hint and No Hint groups (32.08 versus 33.53), f < 1.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“Even though the stories and the target problem were always presented verbally in our experiments, the problems essentially describe spatial relationships.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > GENERAL DISCUSSION
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“The results of Experiment IV demonstrated that subjects can identify a relevant story analogy encoded into memory in the context of distractor stories, and can use the analogy to generate a solution to a subsequent target problem.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > EXPERIMENT V
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“For example, the mapping process may in part depend on interpretive procedures that are applied to a mediating spatial image.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > GENERAL DISCUSSION
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“We certainly need to be cautious in generalizing on the basis of the present study, which used only one target problem and a very limited set of story analogies.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > GENERAL DISCUSSION
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“For example, in one investigation of the use of hints in the “two-string” problem, the experimenter “accidentally” brushed against one string and set it in motion (Maier, 1931).”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Noticing and Accessing Potential Analogies
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“This hint was very effective in eliciting the “pendulum” solution (attaching objects as weights and setting the strings in motion); yet subjects rarely reported being aware of using the hint, unless they gave the solution in separate stages, rather than all at once.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Noticing and Accessing Potential Analogies
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“However, of the seven subjects in the Story First group who gave the dispersion solution immediately after story recall, six reported that they used the story to help solve the problem.If we accept these reports at face value, it appears that the percentages of subjects in the two conditions who spontaneously noticed and used the analogy were identical (35% in both conditions).”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Results and Discussion
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“Our use of a propositional representation to describe the correspondences between the stories and the radiation problem does not preclude the possibility that some form of analog representation plays an important role in the mapping process.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > GENERAL DISCUSSION
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“Note that the above description of the role of mapping potentially applies not just to problem solving, but to a wide range of cognitive skills requiring concept learning and classification of instances.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > The Generality of the Mapping Process
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“Intuitively, this phrase seems to elicit a spatial image that represents those essential aspects of the dispersion solution that can be applied to both the military and the medical problems.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > GENERAL DISCUSSION
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“For example, the mapping of correspondences between relational structures is involved in the use of schemata for story understanding (Rumelhart, 1975), frames for scene perception (Minsky, 1975), and scripts for understanding of social behavior (Abelson, 1975).”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > The Generality of the Mapping Process
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“This suggests that the process of analogical problem solving is neither automatic nor invariably applied by college students as a conscious strategy.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > EXPERIMENT V
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“This decline in transfer performance cannot be attributed to faulty encoding of the story analogy, since most subjects were able to produce the analogous solution once they were given a hint to apply the story.”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > Noticing and Accessing Potential Analogies
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The authors state this as an assumption.
There is an optimal level of abstraction at which analogical relations may be represented to effectively guide the solution process.
“Similarly, we assume there is an optimal level of abstraction at which analogical relations may be represented in order to effectively guide the solution process.”
The authors state this as an assumption.
Proposition 1' (the tumor is located in the interior of the patient's body) is included in the macrostructure for the radiation problem as an inference based on knowledge of where the stomach is located.
“Incidentally, note that we assume proposition 1' is included in the macrestructure for the problem as an inference based on knowledge of where the stomach is located.”
The authors state this as an assumption.
The person will use semantic knowledge to transform the relation of “capturing” into “destroying” via the common semantic core “overcoming”.
“In the case of propositions 16 and 16', we assume the person will use semantic knowledge to transform the relation of “capturing” into the relation of “destroying,” operating on the common semantic core (i.e., “overcoming”) that links the two relations.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The verbal protocols obtained while subjects thought aloud provide valid evidence about their underlying problem-solving processes.
“some subjects insisted that talking aloud hindered their thinking, and consequently did not say very much.”
“While this type of protocol analysis has obvious limitations, it may at least provide some hints about the process of analogical problem solving, and in fact served in part to motivate subsequent experiments.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The independent rating task subjects' likelihood ratings are a valid proxy for the story analogies' actual effectiveness in Experiment I.
“In order to assess whether subjects shared our intuitions we administered a rating task to 51 undergraduates, none of whom previously knew of any solutions to the radiation problem.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The experimenter's prompts and interactions in Experiment I did not create the analogous solutions or substantially distort the solution frequencies.
“Since a primary concern in Experiment I was to obtain interpretabie oral protocols, a considerable amount of probing by the experimenter was essential.However, it would clearly be desirable to demonstrate that people can use analogies to generate problem solutions without interacting with the experimenter.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The control condition with no story is a valid baseline for assessing story analogy effects.
“The control condition used no story at all, rather than an irrelevant story, because it seemed possible that an irrelevant story would actually interfere with the solution process.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The two distractor stories used in Experiment IV are disanalogous to the radiation problem.
“However, the two distractor stories were intended to be as disanalogous to the radiation problem as possible.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Subjects' post-hoc ratings of story helpfulness accurately reflect their solution processes.
“The results obtained with such post-hoc questionnaires must be interpreted with caution, since they may reflect hindsight rather than accurate memories of the solution process.Nevertheless, these rating results are at least a source of converging evidence.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Subjects' reports about whether they used the story accurately reflect their actual use of the story.
“If we accept these reports at face value, it appears that the percentages of subjects in the two conditions who spontaneously noticed and used the analogy were identical (35% in both conditions).”
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“Prior research suggests that, in general, a greater number of examples can lead to superior transfer when learning an abstract rule”
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“GPT3 also displayed strong zero-shot performance on letter string analogies, 16 four-term verbal analogies, 17,19-21 and identification of analogies between stories. 18,22,23”
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“GPT-3 also showed performance in the same range as human participants (though numerically weaker) on a problem set from Jones et al. 21 involving categorical, compositional, and causal relations (Figure 7d).”
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“participants performed worse on problems in which the analogs were semantically distant (i.e., the A and B terms had low semantic similarity to C and D), an effect that was also displayed by GPT-3 (logistic regression, effect of semantic distance for GPT-3: OR = 3 . 24, p = 0 . 0165, CI = [1 . 24 , 8 . 5]).”
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- Consistentχ²(1) = 30.9reported p < .001 · recomputed p < .001
“G2( 1) = 30.9,p < .001”
- Consistentχ²(1) = 4.29reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .038
“G2(1) = 4.29, p < .05”
- ConsistentF(3, 36) = 4.17reported p < .025 · recomputed p = .012
“F(3,36) = 4.17, p < .025”
- ConsistentF(0.5, 160) = 1.32reported p > .25
“F(.5,160) = 1.32, p > .25”
- Consistentχ²(1) = 5.78reported p < .02 · recomputed p = .016
“G2(1) = 5.78, p < .02”
- Consistentχ²(1) = 4.61reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .032
“G2( 1) = 4.61, p < .05”
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§ Analogical Problem Solving > INTRODUCTION
“(Hadamard, 1954)”
§ Analogical Problem Solving > References
“9. Hadamard, J. The psychology of invention in the mathematical field. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1945.”
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Chalmers, D. (2013) · Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit · doi:10.1177/0269094212463677 · Cited by 151
“This method has been employed in the fields of psychology and creativity thinking for many years (De Bono, 1990; Gick and Holyoak, 1980), and it would appear to integrate easily into the knowledge-focused ‘open’ paradigm.”
MethodIntegrating structure and meaning: a distributed model of analogical mapping
Eliasmith, C., & Thagard, P. R. (2001) · Cognitive Science · doi:10.1207/s15516709cog2502_3 · Cited by 167
“A class of analogies that have been frequently discussed are the " convergence " analogies (Duncker, 1945; Gick and Holyoak, 1980; Gick and Holyoak, 1983; Holyoak and Thagard, 1989).”
BackgroundDeveloping Innovations Based on Analogies: Experience from Design and Engineering Consultants
Kalogerakis, K., Lüthje, C., & Herstatt, C. (2010) · Journal of Product Innovation Management · doi:10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00725.x · Cited by 157
Context-dependent effects on analogical transfer
Spencer, R. M., & Weisberg, R. W. (1986) · Memory & Cognition · doi:10.3758/bf03197019 · Cited by 159
“Stories were selected from a pool of four stories developed by Gick and Holyoak (1980, 1983).”
Problem Solving and Situated Cognition
Kirsh, D. (2001) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511816826.015 · Cited by 159
“Further support for the presence of mental set was found by Sternberg and Davidson (1983) and Gick and Holyoak (1980, 1983), who confirmed in new experiments that prior solution methods - prior set - worked against finding solutions to different problems, problems that subjects without that bias…”
ResultConstraints on access in a problem solving context
Perfetto, G. A., Bransford, J. D., & Franks, J. J. (1983) · Memory & Cognition · doi:10.3758/bf03197658 · Cited by 155
Do the benefits of chess instruction transfer to academic and cognitive skills? A meta-analysis
Sala, G., & Gobet, F. R. (2016) · Educational Research Review · doi:10.1016/j.edurev.2016.02.002 · Cited by 169
“As it is known that awareness makes transfer more likely (Gick & Holyoak, 1980; Salomon & Perkins, 1989), it is plausible that making explicit the links between chess and mathematics could facilitate transfer.”
BackgroundTutoring: Guided Learning by Doing
Merrill, D. C., Reiser, B. J., Merrill, S. K., & Landes, S. (1995) · Cognition and Instruction · doi:10.1207/s1532690xci1303_1 · Cited by 160
A human cognition framework for information visualization
Patterson, R., Blaha, L. M., Grinstein, G., Liggett, K. K., Kaveney, D. E., Sheldon, K. C., Havig, P. R., & Moore, J. (2014) · Computers & Graphics · doi:10.1016/j.cag.2014.03.002 · Cited by 156
Analogical mapping by constraint satisfaction
Holyoak, K. J. (1989) · Cognitive Science · doi:10.1016/0364-0213(89)90016-5 · Cited by 151
Self-citationThe Implications of Research on Expertise for Curriculum and Pedagogy
Feldon, D. F. (2006) · Educational Psychology Review · doi:10.1007/s10648-006-9009-0 · Cited by 161
Solving Everyday Problems Creatively: The Role of Problem Construction and Personality Type
Reiter‐Palmon, R., Mumford, M. D., & Threlfall, K. V. (1998) · Creativity Research Journal · doi:10.1207/s15326934crj1103_1 · Cited by 149
“Empirical studies have suggested that incoming information is filtered through available schema and knowledge structures, and attention is given to those cues that fit existing schema or signal a desired goal or outcome (Gick & Holyoak, 1980; Hogarth, 1986; Newel1 & Simon, 1972).”
BackgroundA process model of cased-based reasoning in problem solving
Kolodner, J. L., Simpson, R. L., & Sycara-Cyranski, K. (1985) · International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence · Cited by 152
Harris, T. R., Bransford, J. D., & Brophy, S. P. (2002) · Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1146/annurev.bioeng.4.091701.125502 · Cited by 151
Observed Methods for Generating Analogies in Scientific Problem Solving
Clement, J. J. (1988) · Cognitive Science · doi:10.1207/s15516709cog1204_3 · Cited by 151
“Previous investigations have also related analogical reasoning to problem solving (Gick & Holyoak, 1980; Polya, 1954; Schon, 1979; Wertheimer, 1959), This research was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, MDR 8470579 and SED80-16567.”
BackgroundMethodAnalogical Processes in Human Thinking and Learning
Dedre Gentner, C., & Colhoun, J. (2009) · On thinking · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-03129-8_3 · Cited by 155
Evidence against epiphenomenalism
Block, N. J. (1991) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x0007179x · Cited by 150
Relational categories as a bridge between cognitive and educational research.
Goldwater, M. B., & Schalk, L. (2016) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/bul0000043 · Cited by 171
“…frequently when presented with a new example (with identical relational structure) after delay, the previous example will not be cued in memory (Gick & Holyoak, 1980), and instead retrieval will often be based on or at least biased by superficial similarity (see Ross, 1984, 1987, 1989; Ross &…”
BackgroundThe effect of reportable and unreportable hints on anagram solution and the aha! experience.
Bowden, E. M. (1997) · Consciousness and Cognition · doi:10.1006/ccog.1997.0325 · Cited by 149
Analogical Reasoning in the Classroom: Insights From Cognitive Science
Vendetti, M. S., Matlen, B. J., Richland, L. E., & Bunge, S. A. (2015) · Mind Brain and Education · doi:10.1111/mbe.12080 · Cited by 149
“Nevertheless, research from cognitive science has consistently found that spontaneous transfer across analogical contexts is rare in laboratory settings (Gick & Holyoak, 1980, 1983).”
BackgroundIntegrating Problem Solvers from Analogous Markets in New Product Ideation
Franke, N., Poetz, M. K., & Schreier, M. (2013) · Management Science · doi:10.1287/mnsc.2013.1805 · Cited by 146
“Scholars have studied the process steps underlying analogical thinking, the effects of using analogies on the novelty of problem solutions, and the factors that moderate this effect (Gick and Holyoak 1980, Gentner 1983, Holyoak and Thagard 1995).”
BackgroundMetaphor, computing systems, and active learning
Carroll, J. M., & Mack, R. L. (1985) · International Journal of Man-Machine Studies · doi:10.1016/s0020-7373(85)80076-6 · Cited by 148
Nonintentional analogical inference in text comprehension
Day, S. B., & Gentner, D. (2007) · Memory & Cognition · doi:10.3758/bf03195940 · Cited by 147
“…common paradigm, participants are given a set of problems, and then later asked to solve a problem that is analogous to a prior problem (although participants are not told of this connection) (e.g., Gick & Holyoak, 1980, 1983; Loewenstein, Thompson & Gentner, 1999; Novick, 1988; Ross, 1984, 1987).”
BackgroundResultOpening up the Solution Space: The Role of Analogical Thinking for Breakthrough Product Innovation
Gassmann, O., & Zeschky, M. B. (2008) · Creativity and Innovation Management · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8691.2008.00475.x · Cited by 150
“…(Gentner, Rattermann & Forbus, 1993; Reeves & Weisberg, 1993; Dahl & Moreau, 2002; Cummings & Teng, 2003), and analogies to some target can only be found if the individual has had prior exposure to at least some elements of the target setting (Gick & Holyoak, 1980; Reeves & Weisberg, 1993).”
Kron, F. W., Fetters, M. D., Scerbo, M. W., White, C. B., Lypson, M. L., Padilla, M. A., Gliva‐McConvey, G. A., Belfore, L. A., West, T. D., Wallace, A. M., et al. (2016) · Patient Education and Counseling · doi:10.1016/j.pec.2016.10.024 · Cited by 163
“First, research has shown that learners often have difficulty transferring knowledge from one context to another [136, 137].”
BackgroundGe, X., Chen, C., & Davis, K. A. (2005) · Journal of Educational Computing Research · doi:10.2190/5f6j-hhvf-2u2b-8t3g · Cited by 147
“…(Ge & Land, 2004); thus it presents a greater challenge to many students who have difficulty applying knowledge to novel situations (Gick, 1986; Gick & Holyoak, 1980; Feltovich, Spiro, Coulson, & Feltovich, 1996), and who are weak in reflecting upon their performance and monitoring their…”
BackgroundThe Metaphor Framing Effect: Metaphorical Reasoning About Text-Based Dilemmas
Robins, S., & Mayer, R. E. (2000) · Discourse Processes · doi:10.1207/s15326950dp3001_03 · Cited by 143
“In general, however, cognitive research rarely finds evidence for spontaneous transfer of knowledge across domains unless a reasoner is given direct instructions to do so (Gick & Holyoak, 1980, 1983, 1987; Mayer, 1992; Novick, 1990; Reed, 1999).”
BackgroundChiu, M., & Lin, J. (2005) · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · doi:10.1002/tea.20062 · Cited by 148
Eck, R. N. V., & Dempsey, J. R. (2002) · Educational Technology Research and Development · doi:10.1007/bf02505023 · Cited by 145
“…the importance of transfer of learning in education, learners in general rarely demonstrate positive transfer (Asch, 1969; CTGV, 1992a, 1992b; Gick & Holyoak, 1980; Perfetto, Bransford, and Franks, 1983; Reed, Ernst, & Banerji, 1974; Simon & Hayes, 1976; Thurman, 1993; Van Haneghan, 1990;…”
Constraints on Analogical Inference
Markman, A. B. (1997) · Cognitive Science · doi:10.1207/s15516709cog2104_1 · Cited by 155
“There has been extensive related work on the role of analogy in problem solving (Gick & Holyoak, 1980; Novick, 1988, 1990; Novick & Holyoak, 1991; Reed, Ernst, 8z Banerji, 1974; Ross, 1987, 1989).”
BackgroundGoldstone, R. L., Landy, D. H., & Son, J. Y. (2009) · Topics in Cognitive Science · doi:10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01055.x · Cited by 167
Consciousness from a first-person perspective
Velmans, M. (1991) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00072150 · Cited by 144
Sternberg, R. J. (2001) · High Ability Studies · doi:10.1080/13598130120084311 · Cited by 142
“We know that even conventional academic kinds of expertise often fail to show transfer (e.g. Gick & Holyoak, 1980).”
BackgroundUsing introductory labs to engage students in experimental design
Etkina, E., Murthy, S., & Zou, X. (2006) · American Journal of Physics · doi:10.1119/1.2238885 · Cited by 144
Effects of Small-Group Learning on Transfer: a Meta-Analysis
Pai, H.-H., Sears, D. A., & Maeda, Y. (2015) · Educational Psychology Review · doi:10.1007/s10648-014-9260-8 · Cited by 140
Empirical Studies of Designer Thinking: Past, Present, and Future
Dinar, M., Shah, J. J., Cagan, J., LEIFER, L. J., Linsey, J., Smith, S. M., & Hernandez, N. V. (2014) · Journal of Mechanical Design · doi:10.1115/1.4029025 · Cited by 139
In Defense of Experimental Consumer Psychology
Kardes, F. R. (1996) · Journal of Consumer Psychology · doi:10.1207/s15327663jcp0503_04 · Cited by 140
Learning by analogy: Discriminating between potential analogs
Richland, L. E., & McDonough, I. M. (2009) · Contemporary Educational Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2009.09.001 · Cited by 151
“Many studies reveal that simply invoking an instructional analogy, or another opportunity for comparing problem solutions, is not reliably effective (e.g., Gerjets et al., 2006; Gick & Holyoak, 1980, 1983; Rittle-Johnson & Star, 2007).”
BackgroundA primer of research on cognitive strategy instruction: The important issues and how to address them
Pressley, M. G., Woloshyn, V. E., Lysynchuk, L. M., Martin, V., Wood, E., & Willoughby, T. (1990) · Educational Psychology Review · doi:10.1007/bf01323528 · Cited by 144
Mechanisms of knowledge transfer
Nokes, T. J. (2008) · Thinking & Reasoning · doi:10.1080/13546780802490186 · Cited by 156
“The first mechanism of interest is analogical transfer (Gentner, 1983; Gentner, Holyoak, & Kokinov, 2001; Gick & Holyoak, 1980, 1983).”
BackgroundDo pattern recognition skills transfer across sports? A preliminary analysis
Smeeton, N. J., Ward, P., & WILLIAMS, A. M. (2004) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640410310001641494 · Cited by 146
Role of analogical reasoning in the induction of problem categories.
Cummins, D. D. (1992) · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition · doi:10.1037/0278-7393.18.5.1103 · Cited by 139
Enhancing mental models, analogical transfer, and performance in strategic decision making
Gary, M. S., Wood, R. E., & Pillinger, T. (2012) · Strategic Management Journal · doi:10.1002/smj.1979 · Cited by 137
Ballantyne, N. (2017) · Mind · doi:10.1093/mind/fzx042 · Cited by 155
Diwas Singh, K. C., & Staats, B. R. (2011) · Manufacturing & Service Operations Management · doi:10.1287/msom.1120.0385 · Cited by 127
“Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Policy History, Theory, and Methods This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: https://repository.upenn.edu/oid_papers/130”
Towards a Theory of Serendipity: A Systematic Review and Conceptualization
Busch, C. (2022) · Journal of Management Studies · doi:10.1111/joms.12890 · Cited by 153
Probing adults' conceptual understanding and transfer of learning via problem posing
Mestre, J. P. (2002) · Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1016/s0193-3973(01)00101-0 · Cited by 135
Özkan, Ö. H., & Doğan, F. (2012) · Design Studies · doi:10.1016/j.destud.2012.11.006 · Cited by 134
“…reasoning is described as a fundamental cognitive process underlying most other cognitive processes (Hofstadter, 2001), such as problem solving (Gick & Holyoak, 1980, 1983; Novick, 1988; Ross & Kilbane, 1997), scientific discovery (Dunbar & Blanchette, 2001; Gentner et al., 1997; Nersessian,…”
BackgroundCognitive Regularities in Creative Activity
Bink, M. L., & Marsh, R. L. (2000) · Review of General Psychology · doi:10.1037/1089-2680.4.1.59 · Cited by 160
“For example, Gick and Holyoak (1980, 1983) presented people with a logical story problem that few people could solve initially.”
BackgroundCreativity in technology education: providing children with glimpses of their inventive potential
Lewis, T. G. (2008) · International Journal of Technology and Design Education · doi:10.1007/s10798-008-9051-y · Cited by 142
“For example Goel (2006) set forth a project where students are required to design, create, and realize a micro-fluidic device.”
BackgroundInfluentialPriming, analogy, and awareness in complex reasoning
Schunn, C. D., & Dunbar, K. N. (1996) · Memory & Cognition · doi:10.3758/bf03213292 · Cited by 125
“For example , in Gick and Holyoak ( 1980 ) , 20% of the subjects proposed the desired solution without being given a hint to use the prior problem .”
BackgroundAdding Apples and Oranges: Alignment of Semantic and Formal Knowledge
Bassok, M., Chase, V. M., & Martin, S. A. (1998) · Cognitive Psychology · doi:10.1006/cogp.1998.0675 · Cited by 129
Empowering Education: Teaching Argumentative Writing to Cultural Minority Middle-School Students
Yeh, S. S. (1998) · Research in the Teaching of English · doi:10.58680/rte19983912 · Cited by 129
“tions fostering transfer, Gick and Holyoak (1987), conclude that "In general, an abstract rule or schema included”
BackgroundCarraher, D. W., & Schliemann, A. D. (2002) · Journal of the Learning Sciences · doi:10.1207/s15327809jls1101_1 · Cited by 132
“During the 70s and 80s, transfer researchers focused on rules for solving puzzle-like problems such as the Missionaries and Cannibals (Reed, Ernst, & Banerji, 1974), the Tower of Hanoi problems (Hayes & Simon, 1977), and Duncker’s radiation problem (Gick & Holyoak, 1980, 1983).”
BackgroundFeeling and Thinking: Implications for Problem Solving
Schwarz, N., & Skurnik, I. (2003) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511615771.010 · Cited by 133
Barnett, S. M., & Koslowski, B. (2002) · Thinking & Reasoning · doi:10.1080/13546780244000088 · Cited by 128
“…experiments involving carefully designed training followed by a well-defined test of transfer to analogous, but novel, problems (e.g., Brown & Kane, 1988; Chen & Klahr, 1999; Gick & Holyoak, 1980; Judd, 1908; Kosonen & Winne, 1995; Reed, Ernst, & Banerji, 1974; Thorndike & Woodworth, 1901).”
MethodThe Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research
Fincher, S., Robins, A. V., Margulieux, L. E., Morrison, B. B., Shephard, K., Loui, M., Borrego, M., Lancaster, T., Falkner, K., Sheard, J., et al. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108654555 · Cited by 141
Roles of function, reminding, and variability in categorization by 3-month-old infants.
Greco, C., Hayne, H., & Rovee‐Collier, C. (1990) · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition · doi:10.1037//0278-7393.16.4.617 · Cited by 140
IMITATION PROCESSES AND THEIR APPLICATION FOR BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION: AN EXPLORATIVE STUDY
Enkel, E., & Mezger, F. (2013) · International Journal of Innovation Management · doi:10.1142/s1363919613400057 · Cited by 125
Function-based, biologically inspired concept generation
Nagel, J. K. S., Nagel, R., Stone, R. B., & McAdams, D. A. (2010) · Artificial intelligence for engineering design analysis and manufacturing · doi:10.1017/s0890060410000375 · Cited by 132
Creativity and learning in a case-based explainer
Schank, R. C., & Leake, D. B. (1989) · Artificial Intelligence · doi:10.1016/0004-3702(89)90053-2 · Cited by 128
“A number of studies have shown that people often fail to retrieve relevant analogies (e.g. Gick and Holyoak [8, 9] and Gentner and Landers [7]).”
BackgroundInfluentialAlatas, V., Cameron, L., Chaudhuri, A., Erkal, N., & Gangadharan, L. (2008) · Experimental Economics · doi:10.1007/s10683-008-9207-3 · Cited by 116
“Alternatively, the differences in behavior may be driven by a selection effect if those who choose to join 5 This is consistent with the findings in cognitive psychology, See, as cited in Cooper et al., (1999), Gick and Holyoak (1980), Perkins and Salomon (1988), and Salomon and Perkins (1989).”
ResultRapid trial-and-error learning with simulation supports flexible tool use and physical reasoning
Allen, K. R., Smith, K. A., & Tenenbaum, J. B. (2020) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1912341117 · Cited by 144
“Retrieved 2019-05- 20, from http://arxiv.org/abs/1612.00341 (arXiv: 1612.00341) Chu, Y., & MacGregor, J. N. (2011, February).”
BackgroundInfluentialBest practices in active and student-centered learning in physiology classes
Goodman, B. E., Barker, M., & Cooke, J. E. (2018) · AJP Advances in Physiology Education · doi:10.1152/advan.00064.2018 · Cited by 132
“, in math or chemistry) is enough to improve problem-solving ability (17).”
BackgroundScaling up analogical innovation with crowds and AI
Kittur, A., Yu, L., Hope, T., Chan, J., Lifshitz‐Assaf, H., Gilon, K., Ng, F., Kraut, R. E., & Shahaf, D. (2019) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1807185116 · Cited by 120
“, identifying potentially fruitful domains that are distant from an initial problem and finding analogies within them), and applying the found analogies to generate solutions to the original problem (12, 13).”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Gick, M. L., & Holyoak, K. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Holyoak, Keith J.
- ORCID
- Holyoak, Keith J.
- Venue
- Cognitive Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1980-07
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 306-355
- ISSN
- 0010-0285 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1980169328
- Semantic Scholar
- 02c43f91ee87bf2968b57159d1cdc33dc3b1ed10
- Cited by
- 2,552
- References
- 32
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- 2026: 33 · 2025: 71 · 2024: 53 · 2023: 96 · 2022: 61 · 2021: 57 · 2020: 94 · 2019: 133 · 2018: 70 · 2017: 82 · 2016: 91 · 2015: 78 · 2014: 104 · 2013: 104 · 2012: 98
- FWCI
- 11.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Cognitive Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (7701211)
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- analogical problem solving, analogical reasoning, transfer of learning, distractor interference, problem-solving strategies
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