Development of Problem Solving

Publisher Summary This chapter describes human problem solving as a social activity that directly involves other people in all periods of development. These people function as goals to be attained, as tools for attaining other goals, as obstacles blocking attainment of other goals, and as resources capable of conveying useful skills and knowledge. The social world also profoundly influences the acquisition of cognitive processes involved in problem solving. Goals, strategies, modes of representation, and self-regulatory devices are often acquired in social interactions. Recognizing the extent to which the social world permeates the development of problem solving broadens the understanding of the range of problems that children must learn to solve, the range of cognitive and social processes that are part of problem solving, and the range of experiences that, together with biological maturation, determine the types of problems that children can solve at different ages. Thinking about the development of problem solving chronologically reveals how profoundly it is intertwined with the social world at all points in development.

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