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Algorithms always lead to the correct solution of a problem.
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The main reason that people fail to use analogies in solving problems is that they are unable to map the key elements of two analogous problems.
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When participants were asked to generate their own analogies to solve problems, structural, rather than surface, similarity of problems played a much larger role.
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4 .
Chase and Simon (1973) found that when experts were asked to encode random positions of chess pieces, there recall was much better than that of novices.
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Novices are more likely than experts to work backwards to solve a problem, whereas experts are more likely to reason from givens toward a goal.
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Insight problems involve one key misassumption that if removed would lead to an easy solution.
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Cultural diversity enhances creativity.
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The left hemisphere plays a more important role in creative thinking than does the right hemisphere.
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