Hypotheses and Problem Solving WLDN 2010
Note: Please read the Introduction to all Discussions. Then proceed to participate in the required Discussion A, and your choice of Discussion B or C. There is also an Optional Open Forum you may participate in at any time.
Discussion Introduction (Applies to Discussions A, B, and C)
Have you ever thought you identified the cause of a problem, only to find out later that you were mistaken? When one event or action regularly follows another event or action, you may be likely to conclude that the initial event caused the second event. You may be correct, but, as you learned in this week’s Learning Resources, correlation is not the same as causation.
When you create hypotheses, you use your experience and the resources at your disposal to guess what may have caused a problem and to identify a solution that may address it. For this Discussion, you apply your understanding of causation and correlation to create and discuss hypotheses.
To prepare for the following Discussions, review this week’s Learning Resources including the Problem-Solving Guidance Handout.
Discussion A (Required for all students)
For this Discussion, focus on the various scenes and vignettes that Watzlawick presents in his book, The Situation Is Hopeless But Not Serious: The Pursuit of Unhappiness. For each scene or vignette, consider Watzlawick’s approach to the problem of “the pursuit of unhappiness.” What hypotheses does he propose to address the problem? Based on your own experience, would you consider these plausible hypotheses? Why or why not?
State one hypothesis Watzlawick proposes in the first five chapters of his book. Then evaluate whether, in your view, Watzlawick’s hypothesis is plausible. Provide support for your position.
In addition, create a hypothesis to suggest another explanation that may be equally plausible. Include in your answer an explanation of how intuition might play a role in the approach to this problem.
By Day 3
Post a minimum of 100 words to Discussion Question A.
Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to at least one of this unit’s Learning Resources. Additionally, you may opt to include an academic resource you have identified or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.
By Day 5
Respond to the posts of at least two different colleagues. One must be a response to a colleague’s post about the question you did not select. Respond in one of the following ways:
- Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.
- Expand on your colleague’s posting.
Discussion B (Select B or C)
Scenario:
The gentleman living next door has scolded you three times in the past 2 weeks because, in his view, you parked your car too close to his car. Review the assigned pages in the Watzlawick text, as well as Attribution Theory in this unit’s Learning Resources.
Using attribution theory, describe what motivations you can attribute to the neighbor. Create a hypothesis that may help you frame a possible solution to the problem.
By Day 3
Post a minimum of 100 words to your choice of Discussion Question B.
Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to at least one of this unit’s Learning Resources. Additionally, you may opt to include an academic resource you have identified or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.
By Day 5
Respond to the posts of at least two different colleagues. One must be a response to a colleague’s post about the question you did not select. Respond in the one of the following ways:
- Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.
- Expand on your colleague’s posting.
Discussion C (Select B or C)
Scenario:
At work you are presented with a list of possible reasons why your department was over budget for the last 3 months:
- Unauthorized use of overtime
- An increase in the costs of supplies
- Staff with improper training for the tasks that they complete
- Too many managers on vacation at the same time
- Inadequate facilities/space to complete the job
- A flu outbreak that required temporary help while paying paid time off for full-time employees
You are asked to determine which of the factors on the list contributed to the overage.
Create a hypothesis that may help you frame a possible solution to the problem.
By Day 3
Post a minimum of 100 words to your choice of Discussion Question C.
Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to at least one of this unit’s Learning Resources. Additionally, you may optto include an academic resource you have identified or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.
By Day 5
Respond to the posts of at least two different colleagues. One must be a response to a colleague’s post about the question you did not select. Respond in the one of the following ways:
- Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.
- Expand on your colleague’s posting.
Optional Open Forum
Add anything that is interesting or notable based on your study of problem solving in this week’s resources, other resources, or your problem-solving experiences.
Hypotheses and Problem Solving WLDN 2010 Answer
As I reviewed the various scenes and vignettes in this week’s read Watzlawick presented in his book, I began exploring the hypotheses that he proposed to address the problem. “It is quite simple to live in conflict with the world and especially with our human environment, but to produce unhappiness all by ourselves, in the privacy of our own minds, is much more difficult, both to achieve and to perfect” (Watzlawick, 1983, p.22)………..
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