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Brittany Ross posted Mar 9, 2022 11:06 AM

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The Human Factors Team may want to try a different tact. If their plan includes logic or any mathematics at all, they will want to work backwards. Working backwards is a means of imagining knowing the answer. (WhatIsWorking, 2019). By knowing the answer, one can begin to find a solution to the problem. It is a way of solving the inner problems instead of looking at the bigger picture.

Mental sets are one's means to solve a problem they have used in the past. This issue is, they have a difficult time coming up with a solution for the current problem. Functional fixedness means you are fixed in the ways you solve your problems. You are not easily swayed to try new techniques. (N,.Sam, 2022). Negative transfer transfers previous or earlier learning, but it makes to difficult to soak in new learning. For instance, it would not be easy for basketball players to learn how to play soccer. They would want to pick up that ball and dribble it. These could all be playing a role with Lauren.

When my daughter was first born, shad had colic. Oh, it drove me crazy. I had no help at the time and was at my wit's end. The next time she cried, I stepped outside for a few minutes. My attitude improved and I was able to transfer that positivity to my daughter which thankfully resulted in some relief.

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Valerie Jeffcoat posted Mar 8, 2022 2:26 AM

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· The Human Factors team for which you work has designed a new visual display for a helicopter cockpit. However, the results from the simulator are not good. Nearly all pilots have encountered problems when trying to find information and perform tasks. Do you think your Human Factors team should use a working-forward or working-backward heuristic to evaluate the design platform? Why or why not?

The Human Factors Team should use the working-forward heuristic method to figure out why the design platform is not producing the desired simulation results. This method problem solves by starting at the beginning and working towards the end (Goldstein, 2018). The team will be able to determine their present obstacle and by using this technique and should be able to rectify the issue and any issue proceeding it. I feel that starting from the beginning enables for extensive problem-solving and ensure nothing else comes up. Also, the pilot’s feedback can help the team further understand issues as they come up giving them another opportunity to pinpoint where the problems are coming from. Finding the issue and using the working-backwards heuristic method is not an option because limitation will arise.

· Lauren is a computer programmer and is unable to find the bug in a program she just wrote. What could she be doing that is preventing her from finding the bug? Could mental sets, functional fixedness, and negative transfer be playing a role? How?

Lauren is the software creator and there are many reasons as to why she is unable to find the bug in her program. One issue may be that Lauren is suffering from an obsession with finding the bug. Laruen also may be suffering from a mental fixation disorder. According to Goldstein, a mental set is a tendency to only see solutions have previously worked. By suffering from a mental fixation, one may try to use a solution that use to work by no longer does. She may also be experiencing a lack of emotional control. I’m sure that she is elated with the fact she created a program, however, since it is not working properly, she’s losing focus due not being able to correct the issue. Lastly, she may not be as excited as she was before because of the issue she has ran into.

· Have you experienced the benefits of incubation in solving a problem? Explain with an example. Which of the five mechanisms of incubation do you think best captures your experience? How?

Incubation is when you are distracted from thinking about the solution to a problem (Goldstein, 2018). Incubation is linked to intuition and insight since it is the unspoken portion of a process through which an intuition might be confirmed as an insight. Incubation is essentially an unconscious process. I would say that this happens to me often, more so when I know there is a personal situation that needs to be discussed but my thoughts are not coming together in the moment. Mostly I able to come up with the best course of action when I start doing something else. When I’m not consciously overthinking the issue, solutions arrive at its on time. This also helps me with my delivery and not say the wrong thing in the moment.

References

Goldstein, E. B. (2015). Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience (4th ed.). Cengage Learning.