A study examining the relationship between personality traits and ability to solve complex problems found that people with schizophrenia, histrionics, dependencies, and depression were less likely to be successful problem solvers. rice field. People with more pronounced resilience, action orientation, and creative motivation are more likely to successfully solve complex problems. This research the forefront of psychology.
A problem is said to exist when a person cannot reach a desired goal. Cognitive activities that remove obstacles and enable a person to reach a goal constitute problem solving. Problems are a constant part of people’s daily lives. For this reason, problem-solving skills are essential for successfully navigating everyday life. These abilities require identifying ways to solve the problems at hand and choosing the best option in unfamiliar situations.
Some problems people face are well defined and the solutions are simple. A good example of such a problem would be a school test. Although sometimes very difficult, school tests are intentionally designed to have clear and easy solutions. There is no one clear solution. Such problems are considered complex problems. The ability to solve complex problems is called complex problem solving.
People differ in their ability to solve complex problems. They also have different styles of approaching these issues. For example, the problem can be approached in the following ways: rational stylewhere one systematically and intentionally engages in finding solutions, but impulsive style, Characterized by a careless and hasty approach to problems, often resulting in incomplete solutions. evasive style, It is characterized by being passive and inactive about issues that lead to procrastination.
Previous research has shown that several personality traits are related to how individuals approach complex problems in their daily lives and how successful they are at them. People with prominent personality traits of integrity, openness to experience, and extroversion Big-5 Personality Model) seems to be more problem-solving. Neurotics, on the other hand, have difficulty solving complex problems and often take an evasive or impulsive approach to problem solving.
Research author Ulrike Kipman And her colleagues have explored how individuals with personality disorders solved complex problems and how these individuals’ “extreme” levels of personality traits are related to their ability to solve complex problems. I wanted to know if there were any.
“Problem-solving is considered one of the key skills of the 21st century. Perhaps it is the ability to compare and weigh all possible combinations of events in the shortest possible time, faster than ever before. Because it can’t (yet) run on good computers, explains Professor Kipman of the Institute for Educational Sciences and Research in Salzburg.
“It not only links information in a meaningful way, dynamically relates it, calculates probabilities, and makes a set of correct decisions, but also takes into account a multitude of external criteria and displays the corresponding ‘knowledge’. It is important. A world unavailable to artificial intelligence.” Apart from that, it is impossible to consult an artificial intelligence for every decision. “
Kipman analyzed data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a test that measures how well students from different countries understand and apply knowledge in different subjects. The test focused on problem-solving skills since 2012 and collaborative problem-solving skills since 2015.
“I became more and more interested in why some students did well and others did not, but the PISA data could not explain this,” she said. “Therefore, I am interested in answering questions about how one can become a better problem solver and why certain people are more successful at problem solving than others. It’s also my job as an engineer’s math teacher to improve.”
For their new study, Kipman and her colleagues considered individuals with nine different personality disorders. These include paranoid traits (distrust of others), schizophrenic traits (inability to express emotions and pleasures), antisocial traits (ignorance of social obligations and the feelings of others), and borderline traits (results behavioral traits (tendency to overdramatize and dramatize emotions), dependent traits (excessive and inappropriate conformity), schizotypal traits (social withdrawal), obsessive-compulsive traits (excessive perfectionism and inflexibility), and depressive traits (persistent sadness and loss of interest).
Participants were 242 adults (49% male) with personality disorders and depressive disorders. Their ages ranged from 17 to 48, with an average age of 26. All participants were German speakers. They were patients in psychiatric and psychosomatic hospitals.
Participants completed three personality assessment questionnaires: the Personality Riches-Still und Strungs-Inventor, the Structured Criteria Interview for DSM-5-Person Riches Strungen, and the Minnesota Multidimensional Personality Inventory-2. They also completed an assessment of personality traits in a work-related context (The Bochumer Inventar zur berufsbezogenen Persönlichkeitsbeschreibung).
Participants were asked to play a computerized city management simulation game called “Cities: Skylines”. Developed by Paradox Interactive, the game puts players in the role of a mayor who directs the construction and management of a growing city, making sure the money doesn’t run out. Before the game started, participants were given brief instructions on how to handle a list of basic game features, as some participants had no experience with the game at all. Game success was measured based on how much the number of inhabitants in the virtual in-game city increased during gameplay (growing the city is the goal of the game).
They found that participants with more pronounced schizophrenic, histrionic, and depressive personality traits were less successful at playing Cities: Skylines, or solving complex problems. They were more likely to fail the game completely. Participants with more pronounced addictive and paranoid personality traits also had lower success rates in the game, but this association was weaker. Schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and antisocial traits were not associated with gaming success.
Kipman said the study shows that “complex problem-solving is best measured by simulation games rather than simple tests” and that “personality traits are related to problem-solving abilities.” I’m here.
When the expression of work-related personality traits was taken into account, participants with more pronounced work orientation, career orientation, and psychology were more successful, while those with higher social competence were less successful. Further investigating these associations, researchers reported that participants with more pronounced resilience, action orientation, and creative motivation were more successful at the game. did not succeed.
“Not surprisingly, no single clinical personality structure was associated with increased problem-solving ability (relative to non-clinical trait levels). This result is also consistent with common clinical intuition, as it was associated and subsequently found to consistently negatively affect problem-solving,” the study authors concluded.
This study provides a valuable contribution to scientific knowledge regarding the relationship between personality and ability to solve complex problems. However, there are also limitations that need to be taken into account. In particular, complex problem-solving abilities were tested only by playing one computer game. The results of various problem-solving tasks may not be the same. Additionally, the previous gaming experience was uncontrolled, despite being a factor that greatly affects gaming performance.
the study, “Personality Traits and Complex Problem Solving: Personality Disorders and Their Impact on Complex Problem Solving Abilitywas written by Ulrike Kipmann, Stefan Bartholdi, Marie Weiss, Wolfgang Eichhorn and Günther Siepek.
