Problem Solving

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Student critical thinking is enhanced by developing exercise prescriptions using online learning modules.

Developing the ability to think critically is an important element of undergraduate physiology education and is influenced by many factors, including the learning environment, the social context of the learning environment, and the instructors approach ...
C Jayne Brahler, Ian J Quitadamo, Emily C Johnson (Adv Physiol Educ, 200212)
student-critical-thinking-enhanced-developing-exercise-prescriptions.asp

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Solving spatial tasks with unaligned layouts: the difficulty of dealing with conflicting information.

Previous research has shown that preschool children have difficulty using relational information in spatial tasks. The present study investigates whether this difficulty is due, in part, to childrens inability to deal with situations of conflict where ...
Marina Vasilyeva (J Exp Child Psychol, 200212)
solving-spatial-tasks-unaligned-layouts-difficulty-dealing.asp

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Central beta-adrenergic modulation of cognitive flexibility.

Situational stressors and anxiety impede performance on creativity tests requiring cognitive flexibility. Preliminary research revealed better performance on a task requiring cognitive flexibility, the anagram task, after propranolol (beta-adrenergic ...
David Q Beversdorf, Dawn M White, Daquesha C Chever, John D Hughes, Robert A Bornstein (Neuroreport, 200212)
central-beta-adrenergic-modulation-cognitive-flexibility.asp

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Measuring the quality of supervisor-provider interactions in health care facilities in Zimbabwe.

OBJECTIVE: Measuring performance is the first step on the road to improving it. This report presents the results of an exploratory study sponsored by the Quality Assurance (QA) Project to describe and quantify the quality of supervisor-provider ...
Paula Tavrow, Young-Mi Kim, Lynette Malianga (Int J Qual Health Care, 200212)
measuring-quality-supervisor-provider-interactions-health-care.asp

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Fundamental dimensions of subjective state in performance settings: task engagement, distress, and worry.

Subjective state constructs are defined within the traditional domains of affect, motivation, and cognition. Currently, there is no overarching state model that interrelates constructs within the different domains. This article reports 3 studies that ...
Gerald Matthews, Sian E Campbell, Shona Falconer, Lucy A Joyner, Jane Huggins, Kirby Gilliland, Rebecca Grier, Joel S Warm (Emotion, 200212)
fundamental-dimensions-subjective-state-performance-settings-task.asp

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Evidence for internal representation of a static nonlinearity in a visual tracking task.

A group of 24 participants was given over 3 h practice at a visual pursuit tracking task with a pronounced static nonlinearity between movement of the joystick and the resulting deflection of the response cursor. The aim was twofold: (1) to determine ...
Asim Ghous, Peter D Neilson (Hum Mov Sci, 200212)
evidence-internal-representation-static-nonlinearity-visual-tracking.asp

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Comparing supervised and unsupervised category learning.

Two unsupervised learning modes (incidental and intentional unsupervised learning) and their relation to supervised classification learning are examined. The approach allows for direct comparisons of unsupervised learning data with the Shepard, Hovland, ...
Bradley C Love (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
comparing-supervised-unsupervised-category-learning.asp

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When wrong predictions provide more support than right ones.

Correct predictions of rare events are normatively more supportive of a theory or hypothesis than correct predictions of common ones. In other words, correct bold predictions provide more support than do correct timid predictions. Are lay hypothesis ...
Craig R M McKenzie, Marsha B Amin (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
wrong-predictions-provide-more-support-right-ones.asp

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Naming pictures at no cost: asymmetries in picture and word conditional naming.

We report a striking finding about naming and categorization of pictures and reading aloud and categorization of words. The categorization of a word before reading it aloud leads to an increase in response time as compared with the condition in which ...
Remo Job, Elena Tenconi (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
naming-pictures-cost-asymmetries-picture-word-conditional-naming.asp

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Temporal tuning in the acquisition of cognitive skill.

The temporal tuning hypothesis suggests that individuals adjust the timing of cognitive performances to achieve temporal coordination of mental processes and the data on which they operate, and that this adjustment becomes more precise with practice. ...
Richard A Carlson, Lisa M Stevenson (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
temporal-tuning-acquisition-cognitive-skill.asp