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problem solving, process involved in finding a solution to a problem. Many animals routinely solve problems of locomotion, food finding, and shelter through trial and error. Some higher animals, such as apes and cetaceans, have demonstrated more complex problem-solving abilities, includingdiscrimination of abstractstimuli, rulelearning, and application of language or languagelike operations. Humans use not only trial and error but alsoinsight based on an understanding of principles, inductive anddeductivereasoning, andcritical orcreativethinking. Problem-solving abilities and styles may vary considerably by individual.