Human Growth and Development / Unit 13 HGD 1824 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Practical Problem Solving and Expertise
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The idea
Practical problem solving improves with experience, and expertise built by deliberate practice brings automatic processing, better strategies and creativity within a domain.
In practice
An older chess expert considering fewer moves than a younger player, yet choosing better ones.
Where people slip
Experience compensates for slower speed in familiar domains, but not in unfamiliar ones.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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