PO - Creative problem solving 2300-MS1-PO-TRP
Training includes: the creative thinking (abstraction, making associations, deductive and inductive reasoning, thinking metaphorically, transformations), decision-making and the use of various techniques to the process of solving problems. In addition, each class will begin with a short lecture concerning the following topics:
• the basic terms of the theory of problem-solving and decision-making (task, problem, problematic situation, the solution of the problem, the situation and problem of decision-making, decision-maker, the decision acceptable and optimal evaluation criteria decision);
• typologies and stages of problem solving;
• barriers and help factors in problem-solving;
• selected theories of creativity and creative problem solving;
• criteria for decision-making under uncertainty and decision heuristics;
• the effect of border and other decision-making factors.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding, student:
• explains the basic concepts of the theory of problem-solving, creative thinking and decision-making;
• lists the steps, obstacles and help factors in problem-solving;
• discusses the importance of stylistic factors and bounded rationality in decision making.
Skills, student:
• diagnoses the cause of the problem;
• properly identifies and defines the problem;
• applies creative problem solving techniques adequately to the existing situation.
Attitudes, student:
• is committed to the development of intellectual traits associated with divergent thinking;
• voluntary acts of the principles and techniques associated with creative problem solving.
Assessment criteria
presence control, final exam
Bibliography
Basic literature:
• Nęcka E., Orzechowski J., Słabosz Aleksandra, Szymura B., Trening twórczości, Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne 2005;
• Nęcka E., Orzechowski J., Szymura B., Psychologia Poznawcza, PWN i Wydawnictwo SWPS, 2006.
Further reading:
• Bono E., Sześć myślowych kapeluszy, Helion 2008;
• Ernst G.W., Newell A., GPS: a case study in generality and problem solving, Academic Press, 1969;
• Franken R.E., Psychologia motywacji, wyd. GWP, Gdańsk 2005;
• Góralski A., Twórcze rozwiązywanie zadań, PWN, Warszawa 1980;
• Marciszewski W., Poradnik dla niezdecydowanych, Ossolineum, Wrocław 1974;
• Mądrzycki T., Osobowość jako system tworzący i realizujący plany, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 2002;
Additional information
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