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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychology > Psychology, Educational > Learning > Problem Solving > Heuristics
... > Psychological Phenomena > Psychology, Applied > Psychology, Educational > Learning > Problem Solving > Heuristics
Psychological Phenomena > Mental Processes > Learning > Problem Solving > Heuristics
Psychological Phenomena > Mental Processes > Thinking > Problem Solving > Heuristics

Preferred term

Heuristics  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Experience-based techniques for problem-solving, learning, and discovery that find a solution which is not guaranteed to be optimal, but sufficient for a given set of goals.

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  • Rule of Thumb

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In other languages

  • Heuristique

    French

  • Méthode empirique
  • Règle empirique
  • Règle générale

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