Where Questions Come From: Reusing Old Questions in New Situations

Bibtex entry:

@inproceedings{liquin2022newquestion,
	abstract = {Question asking is a powerful means by which humans learn. However, asking a question requires navigating a massive space of possible questions. How do humans efficiently accomplish this task? Drawing on prior research on other decision problems, we propose that the search for new questions is constrained by those encountered in previous situations so that people frequently reuse questions (or parts of questions) rather than generating new questions \enquote{from scratch.} We find empirical support for this prediction, and we find that people selectively reuse questions on the basis of their informativeness in the current situation---which can be beneficial when these questions are indeed informative but detrimental when they are not. This research sheds new light on the mechanisms behind question asking and active learning.},
	address = {Austin, TX},
	author = {Liquin, E. and Gureckis, T.M.},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society},
	editor = {Culbertson, J. and Perfors, A. and Rabagliati, H. and Ramenzoni, V.},
	publisher = {Cognitive Science Society},
	title = {Where Questions Come From: Reusing Old Questions in New Situations},
	year = {2022}}

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