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Süß HM, Kretzschmar A. Impact of Cognitive Abilities and Prior Knowledge on Complex Problem Solving Performance - Empirical Results and a Plea for Ecologically Valid Microworlds. Front Psychol. 2018;9:626doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00626.
Süß, H. M., & Kretzschmar, A. (2018). Impact of Cognitive Abilities and Prior Knowledge on Complex Problem Solving Performance - Empirical Results and a Plea for Ecologically Valid Microworlds. Frontiers in psychology, 9626. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00626
Süß, Heinz-Martin, and Kretzschmar, André. "Impact of Cognitive Abilities and Prior Knowledge on Complex Problem Solving Performance - Empirical Results and a Plea for Ecologically Valid Microworlds." Frontiers in psychology vol. 9 (2018): 626. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00626
Süß HM, Kretzschmar A. Impact of Cognitive Abilities and Prior Knowledge on Complex Problem Solving Performance - Empirical Results and a Plea for Ecologically Valid Microworlds. Front Psychol. 2018 May 08;9:626. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00626. eCollection 2018. PMID: 29867627; PMCID: PMC5952078.
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Front Psychol. 2018 May 08;9:626. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00626. eCollection 2018.

Impact of Cognitive Abilities and Prior Knowledge on Complex Problem Solving Performance - Empirical Results and a Plea for Ecologically Valid Microworlds.

Frontiers in psychology

Heinz-Martin Süß, André Kretzschmar

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Psychology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
  2. Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

PMID: 29867627 PMCID: PMC5952078 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00626

Abstract

The original aim of complex problem solving (CPS) research was to bring the cognitive demands of complex real-life problems into the lab in order to investigate problem solving behavior and performance under controlled conditions. Up until now, the validity of psychometric intelligence constructs has been scrutinized with regard to its importance for CPS performance. At the same time, different CPS measurement approaches competing for the title of the best way to assess CPS have been developed. In the first part of the paper, we investigate the predictability of CPS performance on the basis of the Berlin Intelligence Structure Model and Cattell's investment theory as well as an elaborated knowledge taxonomy. In the first study, 137 students managed a simulated shirt factory (

Keywords: Brunswik symmetry; complex problem solving; intelligence; investment theory; knowledge assessment; microworlds; minimally complex systems; working memory

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