scholarly journals Age Differences in Everyday Problem-Solving Effectiveness: Older Adults Select More Effective Strategies for Interpersonal Problems

2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. P61-P64 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Blanchard-Fields ◽  
A. Mienaltowski ◽  
R. B. Seay
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Interpersonal Problems ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Everyday Problem Solving ◽  
Everyday Problem

Age and Experiential Differences in Strategy Generation and Information Requests for Solving Everyday Problems

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia A. Berg ◽  
Sean P. Meegan ◽  
Paul Klaczynski
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Problem Definition ◽  
Amount Of Information ◽  
Everyday Problem Solving ◽  
Everyday Problem ◽  
Everyday Problems ◽  
Information Requests

The role of experience in understanding age differences in strategy generation and information requests for solving everyday problems was explored in young and older adults. Participants received three hypothetical problems dealing with going to doctor’s offices and going to dinner parties and were probed extensively for their strategies and information they would like to solve the problems. Experience with these two domains was assessed by participants’ reports of their experience, script knowledge, and the presence of experience in problem definitions. No age differences were found in these experience measures. Age differences were found in the number of strategies generated and the amount of information requested to solve the problem. Two patterns of everyday problem solving were uncovered: an exhaustive style (involving inferential problem definition, elaborate strategy generation, and information requests); and an experiential style (involving experiential problem definition, less strategy generation, and fewer information requests). The results are interpreted within a model that uses individuals’ problem definitions to understand multiple aspects of everyday problem-solving performance.

Dimensionality of everyday problem solving in older adults.

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Marsiske ◽  
Sherry L. Willis
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Everyday Problem Solving ◽  
Everyday Problem

Goals and everyday problem solving: Manipulating goal preferences in young and older adults.

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1433-1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane A. Hoppmann ◽  
Fredda Blanchard-Fields
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Everyday Problem Solving ◽  
Everyday Problem

scholarly journals The Revised Observed Tasks of Daily Living: A Performance-Based Assessment of Everyday Problem Solving in Older Adults

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfred Diehl ◽  
Michael Marsiske ◽  
Ann L. Horgas ◽  
Adrienne Rosenberg ◽  
Jane S. Saczynski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Performance Based Assessment ◽  
Everyday Problem Solving ◽  
Everyday Problem ◽  
A Performance

Cognitive Functioning and Everyday Problem Solving in Older Adults

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine L. Burton ◽  
Esther Strauss ◽  
David F. Hultsch ◽  
Michael A. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Everyday Problem Solving ◽  
Everyday Problem
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