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abstract: 'In this paper two approaches to problem solving, search and reflection, are discussed, and combined in two models, both based on rational analysis (Anderson, 1990). The first model is a dynamic growth model, which shows that alternating search and reflection is a rational strategy. The second model is a model in ACT-R, which can discover and revise strategies to solve simple problems. Both models exhibit the explore-insight pattern normally attributed to insight problem solving.'
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confdates: August 7-10
conference: Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
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  - family: Taatgen
    given: Niels A.
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date: 1997
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    given: Michael G.
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  - family: Langley
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keywords: 'problem solving, insight theory, dynamical systems, ACT-R, cognitive modelling, architectures of cognition, reversal-shift learning, learning'
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  - cog-psy
  - comp-sci-mach-dynam-sys
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  - dev-psy
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title: A Rational Analysis of Alternating Search and Reflection Strategies in Problem Solving
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