Zimmer, Karin and Krems, Josef F. (1997) Expertise und Informationssuche bei komplexen Konfigurierungsaufgaben = Expertise and information seeking in solving complex configuration tasks. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHOLOGIE, 205 (3). pp. 253-267. ISSN 0044-3409
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A recurring result in comparing diagnostic reasoning processes of individuals with different levels of expertise is that experts are more flexible in changing and modifying hypotheses and strategies. Content of reasoning is dependent on the level of expertise as well. The present study tested whether these results, reported in the field of diagnostic reasoning, are also valid in solving configuration problems. Two groups of truck salesmen (n = 70) at different levels of expertise (experts: 16.8 years; novices: 0.9 years of training on the jab) in their domain were presented with two real-world tasks differing in complexity. Subjects were asked to solve these problems by first naming and then sequentially using information units they needed in configuring the truck. The results indicate that only in a very difficult task the number of used concepts and the homogeneity of search differed between levels of expertise. The higher the difficulty of the task, the smaller the number and heterogeneity of concepts experts used compared to novices. Contrary to previous results, breadth of search was similar for both groups, as well as content of reasoning.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Band lag vor /gup |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | GENERATION; HYPOTHESES; KNOWLEDGE; expertise; configuration; diagnostic reasoning; hypothesis formation |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Alumni or Retired Professors > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie (Allgemeine und Angewandte Psychologie) - Prof. Dr. Alf Zimmer |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2023 10:47 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2023 10:47 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/51272 |
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