?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Complex+problem+solving+and+intelligence%3A+Empirical+relation+and+causal+direction&rft.creator=Wenke%2C+Dorit&rft.creator=Frensch%2C+Peter+A.&rft.creator=Funke%2C+Joachim&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=At+least+two+theoretical+positions+strongly+suggest+that+intelligence+and+problem+solving+are+related.++First%2C+the+ability+to+solve+problems+features+prominent+in+almost+every+definition+of+human+%E2%80%9Cintelligence%3B%E2%80%9D+thus%2C+problem-solving+capacity+is+viewed+as+one+component+of+intelligence.++Second%2C+intelligence+is+often+assumed+to+be+a+predictor+of+problem-solving+ability.++Our+main+goal+in+this+chapter+is+to+review+to+what+extent+the+ability+to+solve+complex%2C+rather+than+simple+laboratory%2C+problems+is+indeed+tied%2C+empirically%2C+to+intelligence%2C+and%2C+which+causal+direction+holds+between+the+two+concepts.++The+chapter+is+divided+into+three+main+sections.++In+the+first+section%2C+we+provide+a+definition+of+%E2%80%9Ccomplex+problem+solving.%E2%80%9D++In+the+second+and+third+sections%2C+we+review+much+of+the+existing+empirical+work+that+relates+complex+problem-solving+competence+to+intelligence.++We+distinguish+two+forms+of+complex+problem+solving.++In+the+second+section%2C+we+focus+on+explicit+problem+solving%2C+that+is%2C+on+problem+solving+that+is+controlled+by+a+problem+solver%E2%80%99s+intentions.++In+the+third+section+our+focus+is+on+implicit%2C+that+is%2C+on+automatic+or+non-conscious+complex+problem+solving.++Our+main+conclusions+are+that%2C+first%2C+there+exists+little%2C+if+any%2C+empirical+evidence+that+supports+a+relation+between+explicit+complex+problem-solving+and+global+intelligence.++Second%2C+there+is+also+no+empirical+evidence+indicating+that+global+intelligence+and+implicit+complex+problem+solving+might+be+related.++Third%2C+however%2C+there+exists+a+considerable+amount+of+empirical+data+suggesting+that+specific+components+of+intelligence%2C+such+as+processing+capacity%2C+might+be+related+to+specific+components+of+explicit+complex+problem+solving.++Together%2C+the+available+evidence+suggests+that+the+global+concepts+of+intelligence+and+problem+solving+are+not+related%2C+but+that+specific+subcomponents+of+intelligence+and+explicit+problem+solving+might+share+variance.++The+existing+empirical+evidence+does+not+speak%2C+however%2C+to+the+issue+of+whether+subcomponents+of+intelligence+predict+subcomponents+of+problem+solving+or+whether+the+opposite+causal+relation+holds.&rft.publisher=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.contributor=Sternberg%2C+Robert+J.&rft.contributor=Pretz%2C+Jean+E.&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6626%2F1%2FWenke_Frensch_Funke_CPS_2005.PDF&rft.identifier=++Wenke%2C+Dorit+and+Frensch%2C+Peter+A.+and+Funke%2C+Joachim++(2005)+Complex+problem+solving+and+intelligence%3A+Empirical+relation+and+causal+direction.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6626%2F