From the Individual to the Social

This chapter focuses on social factors in cognition. There is a puzzle about the human capacity to reflect on our beliefs. As argued in Chapter 4, this capacity, when exercised privately, does not make our belief acquisition more reliable. If we assume, however, that this capacity was selected for by evolution, like other features of the human body and human mind, then the question arises as to what it was selected for. This chapter focuses on a hypothesis due to Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber: that our capacity to reflect was selected for its role in cooperative activity. The upshot of this hypothesis, if it should prove correct, is that reflection does indeed contribute to greater reliability in belief acquisition, but only when it is used in cooperative problem-solving rather than private reflection.

PENGEMBANGAN PERANGKAT PEMBELAJARAN MODEL COOPERATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING UNTUK MELATIHKAN KETERAMPILAN PEMECAHAN MASALAH SISWA

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini yang bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kelayakan dan karakteristik perangkat pembelajaran model cooperative problem solving untuk melatihkan keterampilan pemecahan masalah siswa pada materi momentum dan impuls. Model pengembangan yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah model pengembangan 4D, yaitu define, design, develop dan disseminate namun hanya dilakukan sampai tahap develop. Validasi dilakukan oleh 3 judgement ahli untuk menilai produk yang dikembangkan. Kelayakan perangkat pembelajaran ini menurut nilai rata-rata hasil uji validasi ahli yaitu kelayakan RPP adalah 89% dalam kategori sangat layak, kelayakan LKS 91% dalam kategori sangat layak dan kelayakan soal tes 89% dalam kategori sangat layak dengan nilai rata-rata keseluruhan 90% dalam kategori sangat layak sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa perangkat pembelajaran yang dikembangkan sudah layak, dengan karakteristik perangkat pembelajaran antara lain: RPP menggunakan langkah-langkah kegiatan pembelajaran model cooperative problem solving, LKS yang berisi kegiatan praktikum dengan langkah-langkah penyelesaian masalah yang bertujuan melatihkan keterampilan pemecahan masalah siswa dan soal tes beserta jawaban atau penyelesaian soal yang melatihkan keterampilan pemecahan masalah siswa.Kata kunci: penelitian dan pengembangan, perangkat pembelajaran, cooperative problem solving, keterampilan pemecahan masalahABSTRACTThe research aimed to describe the feasibility and characteristics of a cooperative problem solving model of learning tools to train students' problem solving skills in momentum and impulse material. The development model used in this research is the 4D development model, namely define, design, develop and disseminate but only done until the develop stage. Validation is carried out by 3 expert judgments to assess the product being developed. The feasibility of this learning device according to the average value of the expert validation test results, namely the feasibility of the RPP is 89% in the very feasible category, the feasibility of the LKS 91% in the very feasible category and the feasibility of the test questions 89% in the very feasible category with an overall average score of 90% in the very feasible category so it can be concluded that the learning tools developed are feasible, with the characteristics of the learning tools, among others: RPP uses the steps of learning activities in the cooperative problem solving model, worksheets containing practicum activities with problem solving steps aimed at practicing solving skills student problems and test questions along with answers or problem solving that practice student problem solving skills.Keywords: Research and development, learning tools, cooperative problem solving, problem solving skills

PENGARUH MODEL COOPERATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN PEMECAHAN MASALAH SISWA PADA MATERI TEKANAN

The aim of this research was to determine the effectiveness of the implementation of the Cooperative Problem Solving model in enhancing the problem solving skills of students of SMPN 3 Sungai Raya in the pressure of solids. The research forms used was quasy experimental design with pretest-posttest control group design. The sample was students VIII G as an experimental class and VIII E was the control class which drawn by using intact group. The instrument used 5 essay questions. The result showed that there was no difference in the student problem solving skills of the control class and experimental classes before being given the implementation of Cooperative Problem Solving model and conventional learning (. There was difference in the student problem solving skills of the control class and experimental classes after being given the implementation of Cooperative Problem Solving model and conventional learning (. Implementation of Cooperative Problem Solving model effective to improve the student problem solving skills with effect size 1,89 (high category).Keywords: Cooperative Problem Solving, Problem Solving, Pressure

The evolution of social cognition: the case of animal cooperative problem solving

A major research area in non-human social cognition is the investigation of cooperative problem solving, i.e. the cognition involved in situations when animals cooperate with each other. Social cognition is thought to have evolved due to the demands of social living, and is often thought to present an adaptive specialisation for living in groups. A previous analysis of social learning, another area of social cognition, has highlighted how this has consequently led to two overarching biases in the literature: firstly, a bias towards testing only social species, and secondly, an a priori assumption that social learning is qualitatively different from learning involved in non-social situations. The problem of these biases may not restricted to social learning but be present also in other areas of social cognition research. Applying an equivalent analysis to cooperative problem solving shows that here too both biases are present. Firstly, empirical studies on cooperative problem solving primarily conducted with social species and species that exhibit cooperative behaviours in the wild. Secondly, the assumption that cooperative problem solving relies on a distinctly socialcognitive ability can, at least implicitly, be observed throughout the literature. Thismay be the result of confounding different components of the cognitive process involved in cooperation: what information is required to successfully cooperate and how this information is acquired. While the former needs to involve information about another individual, there is no indication that the latter is required to differ from any known, domain-general cognitive mechanism. These two biases make it difficult to systematically test whether and how cooperation differs between species, and as such impede investigations into the evolution of cooperative problem solving.