The reading explains that problem solving is a four-step process. It beginnings with the problem identification, then followed by finding alternative solutions, selecting an strategy, and finally by action. The steps can be repeatedly done until an effective solution solves the problem. The professor discusses the role of break in the problem solving procedure.
First of all, she indicates that a break may help the brain to deliberately analyze the problem. It can be considered as an incubation period. She illustrated her point by telling the story of a chemist who dreamed about the snake and found out that the chemical structure of Benzene will be spiral. This is in agreement with the passage that says functional fixedness will hinder the brain to abandon the preconceived ideas about the problem.
Second, the professor relates the break to the possibility of receiving new information. Therefore, in a break period that the brain is not forced to focus on the problem, a piece of information will be incidentally noticed, which will lead to taking a new strategy. The passage also highlights that people has a tendency to stick to a mental set. Thus, they cannot see alternative solutions.
Finally, she asserts that break may interfere with an inflexible pattern of thinking. This is in agreement with the passage that says when a certain strategy does not answer properly, it is time to opt a new method or go through the four steps again until the problem is solved.
The reading
explains
that
problem
solving is a four-step process.
It beginnings
with the
problem
identification, then followed by finding alternative solutions, selecting
an
strategy, and
finally
by action. The steps can be
repeatedly
done until an effective solution solves the
problem
. The professor discusses the role of
break
in the
problem
solving procedure.
First of all
, she indicates that a
break
may
help
the brain to
deliberately
analyze the
problem
. It can
be considered
as an incubation period. She illustrated her point by telling the story of a chemist who dreamed about the snake and found out that the chemical structure of Benzene will be spiral. This is in agreement with the passage that says functional
fixedness
will hinder the brain to abandon the preconceived
ideas
about the problem.
Second, the professor relates the
break
to the possibility of receiving new information.
Therefore
, in a
break
period that the brain is not forced to focus on the
problem
, a piece of information will be
incidentally
noticed, which will lead to taking a new strategy. The passage
also
highlights that
people
has
a tendency to stick to a mental set.
Thus
, they cannot
see
alternative solutions.
Finally
, she asserts that
break
may interfere with an inflexible pattern of thinking. This is in agreement with the passage that says when a certain strategy does not answer
properly
, it is time to opt a new method or go through the four steps again until the
problem
is solved
.