Complex tasks for use in human problem-solving research.

The Child's Conception of Physical Causality

J. P., Jean Piaget, Marjorie Gabain · The American Journal of Psychology · 1932 · 1.2K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +7

Reasoning in humans. II. The solution of a problem and its appearance in consciousness.

Norman R. F. Maier · Journal of comparative psychology · 1931 · 610 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +10

A Comparison of Individuals and Small Groups in the Rational Solution of Complex Problems

Marjorie E. Shaw · The American Journal of Psychology · 1932 · 358 citations

Management, Social Psychology, Group Dynamics +15

Reasoning in humans. I. On direction.

Norman R. F. Maier · Journal of comparative psychology · 1930 · 335 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +7

Functional fixedness as related to problem solving: a repetition of three experiments.

Robert Adamson · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1952 · 252 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +8