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problem-solve

alt. To solve difficult or complex problems vb. To solve difficult or complex problems

Usage examples of "problem-solve".

Kohler and the gestaltists regarded such problem-solving as evidence of creative, conceptual thinking, not the linking together of interminable chains of stimuli and responses.

But anthros were very smart socially, and they had a good problem-solving faculty when facing new challenges.

He's an obsessive hacker, a brilliant but clumsy bricoleur, with an brute-force approach to problem-solving.

In the last 10 years, educational specialists have tried to teach thinking skills in school via asking probing, challenging questions, group discussions, enhancing listening, attending and categorizing skills, teaching problem-solving and decision-making, and so on.

But Wunderman had persevered, pointing out that Stallings could quadruple his problem-solving capacity by delegating some of the complexities to the computer.

In this book you will learn about several cognitive theories and therapies: Social Learning Theory (see next section), Problem-solving Therapy, Reality Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Rational-Emotive Therapy and others.

In this way the machine automated progressively more of the mundane mechanics of solving a whole variety of problems, leaving him ever more free to concentrate on the more creative activity of evolving the problem-solving strategy.

Cognitive developmental psychology has shown that in ontogenesis there are different stages of moral consciousness, stages that can be described in particular as preconventional, conventional, and post-conventional patterns of problem-solving [which we will explain later].

The dialectic of progress can be seen in the fact that with the acquisition of problem-solving abilities new problem situations come to consciousness.

And as they act on this knowledge and begin to organize some schedules and some structures for communication and problem-solving, even more hope emerges.

But the problem-solving strategy is usually limited to “flight or fight.

Instead of rushing from one problem-solving crisis to another, they’re focused on coming up with synergistic springboards to future contribution and fulfillment.

You may also want to use it as a tool to help your family move from a problem-solving to a creative orientation.

In their synergy they create a whole—a powerful, problem-solving framework—that is even greater than the sum of its parts.

Rightly so: Troppmann’s downfall arose from his ability at problem-solving, and with a different approach he might have become a famous novelist or scientist.