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- Title
EDUCATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDIES ON THE RELATION BETWEEN RIGIDITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING: III. The Learning Approach.
- Authors
Carpenter, Finley
- Abstract
The article discusses the significance of studies based on the learning approach in education in the U.S. The purpose of this paper is to draw out the educational implications from a number of studies and to compare the fruitfulness of two general methods of research called the personality approach and learning approach. An experiment was conducted on the effect of a number of controlled variables on Einstellung behavior. Einstellung is defined as the blinding effect presumably due to strong habits which stand in the way of elicitation of more successful modes of response. The finding that a mental set for speed in problem solving was followed by perseveration suggests that the whole tempo of teaching should be studied in relation to rigid tendencies. Another study on the effect of effort on Einstellung behavior in a maze-tracing situation is discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GRADUATE study in education; PSYCHOLOGY of students; PSYCHOLOGY of learning; EDUCATIONAL psychology; EDUCATION research; EDUCATION; STUDENTS
- Publication
Science Education, 1956, Vol 40, Issue 4, p296
- ISSN
0036-8326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sce.3730400411