Behrens, Thea ; Räuker, Max ; Kalbfleisch, Michelle ; Jäkel, Frank (2022)
Flexible use of tactics in Sudoku.
In: Thinking & Reasoning, (Early Access)
doi: 10.1080/13546783.2022.2091040
Artikel, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
When solving problems people flexibly apply different tactics. Here, we use Sudoku to study this flexibility. In a think-aloud study participants use at least two tactics, a cell-based and a number-based tactic, and have personal preferences for one or the other. Response times in two follow-up experiments indicate that participants can be biased towards either tactic by task instructions and task requirements. We argue that previous research often used biasing task designs and therefore underestimated participants’ flexibility and overestimated the importance of a problem’s complexity. Furthermore, our experiments demonstrate that if a tactic does not lead to a solution, participants are able to switch to the other. We model each tactic and we show that only by incorporating switching we can fit the data.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2022 |
| Autor(en): | Behrens, Thea ; Räuker, Max ; Kalbfleisch, Michelle ; Jäkel, Frank |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | Flexible use of tactics in Sudoku |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 30 Juni 2022 |
| Verlag: | Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Thinking & Reasoning |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | Early Access |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13546783.2022.2091040 |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | When solving problems people flexibly apply different tactics. Here, we use Sudoku to study this flexibility. In a think-aloud study participants use at least two tactics, a cell-based and a number-based tactic, and have personal preferences for one or the other. Response times in two follow-up experiments indicate that participants can be biased towards either tactic by task instructions and task requirements. We argue that previous research often used biasing task designs and therefore underestimated participants’ flexibility and overestimated the importance of a problem’s complexity. Furthermore, our experiments demonstrate that if a tactic does not lead to a solution, participants are able to switch to the other. We model each tactic and we show that only by incorporating switching we can fit the data. |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 03 Fachbereich Humanwissenschaften 03 Fachbereich Humanwissenschaften > Institut für Psychologie 03 Fachbereich Humanwissenschaften > Institut für Psychologie > Modelle höherer Kognition Zentrale Einrichtungen Zentrale Einrichtungen > Centre for Cognitive Science (CCS) |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 18 Jul 2022 08:27 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 05 Dez 2022 10:37 |
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