The Influence of Element Type and Crossed Relation on the Difficulty of Chunk Decomposition
Chunk decomposition is an aspect of problem solving that involves decomposing a pattern into its component parts in order to regroup them into a new pattern. Previous work suggests that the primary source of difficulty in chunk decomposition is whether a problem’s solution requires removing a part t...
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| author | Zhonglu eZhang Ke eYang Christopher Michael Warren Guang eZhao Peng eLi Yi eLei Hong eLi |
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| description | Chunk decomposition is an aspect of problem solving that involves decomposing a pattern into its component parts in order to regroup them into a new pattern. Previous work suggests that the primary source of difficulty in chunk decomposition is whether a problem’s solution requires removing a part that is a meaningful perceptual pattern (termed a chunk) or not (a non-chunk). However, the role of spatial overlap (crossed relation or not) has been ignored in this line of research. Here, we dissociated the role of element type and crossed relation in chunk decomposition problems by employing a Chinese character transformation task. We replicated the finding that when the to-be-removed element is a non-chunk, the problem is more difficult to solve than when the element is a chunk. However, this result held only if the elements had no crossed relation. Relative to non-crossed relation, problems that involved removing elements that overlapped with the remaining character were more difficult to solve irrespective of the element type. We conclude that both element type and crossed relation can cause the difficulty of chunk decomposition and crossed relation plays more important role in preventing people from finding insightful ways to decompose chunk relative to element type. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-653fe19477d34b36bc6e7d1c90610d092022-12-21T23:21:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-07-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.01025145404The Influence of Element Type and Crossed Relation on the Difficulty of Chunk DecompositionZhonglu eZhang0Ke eYang1Christopher Michael Warren2Guang eZhao3Peng eLi4Yi eLei5Hong eLi6Liaoning Normal UniversityChengdu Normal UniversityLeiden UniversityLiaoning Normal UniversityShenzhen UniversityShenzhen UniversityShenzhen UniversityChunk decomposition is an aspect of problem solving that involves decomposing a pattern into its component parts in order to regroup them into a new pattern. Previous work suggests that the primary source of difficulty in chunk decomposition is whether a problem’s solution requires removing a part that is a meaningful perceptual pattern (termed a chunk) or not (a non-chunk). However, the role of spatial overlap (crossed relation or not) has been ignored in this line of research. Here, we dissociated the role of element type and crossed relation in chunk decomposition problems by employing a Chinese character transformation task. We replicated the finding that when the to-be-removed element is a non-chunk, the problem is more difficult to solve than when the element is a chunk. However, this result held only if the elements had no crossed relation. Relative to non-crossed relation, problems that involved removing elements that overlapped with the remaining character were more difficult to solve irrespective of the element type. We conclude that both element type and crossed relation can cause the difficulty of chunk decomposition and crossed relation plays more important role in preventing people from finding insightful ways to decompose chunk relative to element type.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01025/fullcreativityChinese characterElement typechunk decompositioncrossed relation |
| spellingShingle | Zhonglu eZhang Ke eYang Christopher Michael Warren Guang eZhao Peng eLi Yi eLei Hong eLi The Influence of Element Type and Crossed Relation on the Difficulty of Chunk Decomposition Frontiers in Psychology creativity Chinese character Element type chunk decomposition crossed relation |
| title | The Influence of Element Type and Crossed Relation on the Difficulty of Chunk Decomposition |
| title_full | The Influence of Element Type and Crossed Relation on the Difficulty of Chunk Decomposition |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of Element Type and Crossed Relation on the Difficulty of Chunk Decomposition |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Element Type and Crossed Relation on the Difficulty of Chunk Decomposition |
| title_short | The Influence of Element Type and Crossed Relation on the Difficulty of Chunk Decomposition |
| title_sort | influence of element type and crossed relation on the difficulty of chunk decomposition |
| topic | creativity Chinese character Element type chunk decomposition crossed relation |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01025/full |
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