TY - GEN
T1 - TOWARDS CHARACTERIZING COGNITIVE STYLE COPING BEHAVIOR IN ENGINEERING DESIGN
AU - Radwan, Noriana
AU - Menold, Jessica
AU - McTernan, Jesse
AU - Jablokow, Kathryn
AU - McComb, Christopher
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 by ASME.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Problem solving is a crucial aspect of engineering design, and cognitive style, or preferred problem-solving style, is an important way to understand designers’ individual behavior. When there is significant misalignment between the problem frame and one’s cognitive style, it results in cognitive gaps. Large cognitive gaps may hinder effective problem solving. According to Kirton’s adaption-innovation theory, such gaps are managed through coping behavior. However, coping behavior is understudied in the literature, especially when assessing person–problem gaps. We argue that a deeper understanding of these gaps and its resulting coping strategies in problem solving can aid in facilitating effective design. Therefore, the current study was developed to understand how cognitive style and the problem frame impacts solution outcomes; and identify the design strategies and behaviors that are elicited by participants of varying cognitive styles. Through a mixed methods analysis, we found that the problem frame can impact the types of solutions that designers develop and the cognitive experience of their design—where some behaviors indicate the prevalence of coping.
AB - Problem solving is a crucial aspect of engineering design, and cognitive style, or preferred problem-solving style, is an important way to understand designers’ individual behavior. When there is significant misalignment between the problem frame and one’s cognitive style, it results in cognitive gaps. Large cognitive gaps may hinder effective problem solving. According to Kirton’s adaption-innovation theory, such gaps are managed through coping behavior. However, coping behavior is understudied in the literature, especially when assessing person–problem gaps. We argue that a deeper understanding of these gaps and its resulting coping strategies in problem solving can aid in facilitating effective design. Therefore, the current study was developed to understand how cognitive style and the problem frame impacts solution outcomes; and identify the design strategies and behaviors that are elicited by participants of varying cognitive styles. Through a mixed methods analysis, we found that the problem frame can impact the types of solutions that designers develop and the cognitive experience of their design—where some behaviors indicate the prevalence of coping.
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC2022-91148
DO - 10.1115/DETC2022-91148
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85142493708
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
BT - 34th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM)
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2022
Y2 - 14 August 2022 through 17 August 2022
ER -