Expert -Like Performance in Everyday Domains: The Effects of Thinking Styles and Problem Structure on Problem -Solving Performance

An examination of research on expertise reveals potential gaps in current conceptualizations. Examinations of expertise often involve problems in ill-structured domains, which require abstract problem solving. Thus, conceptualizations of expertise are characterized by the use of relatively advanced, abstract problem-solving skills. Problems in well-structured domains are often overlooked in examinations of expertise. This dissertation proposes a framework for expertise that describes expert-like performance from a problem-solving perspective, incorporating individual differences (e.g., learning styles, thinking styles) and problem structure. Specifically, aspects of consumer information (i.e., information format, information diagnosticity, and analogy distance) will be examined as ways in which information can be concretized, which in turn, lead to more well-structured problems.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Business Administration

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Gau, Roland

Contributors dc:contributor

• Viswanathan, Madhubalan

• Psychology, Cognitive

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3392020

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84574