Exam 8: Complex Cognitive Processes

As she tries to bandage Fang, who was grazed by Mr. Simpson's car, Mary Beth reflects on the principles of pressure and clotting that she learned long ago in a Girl Scout first-aid lecture. This attempt to apply previous learning illustrates

In order to encourage student creativity, teachers are advised to

Woolfolk recommends giving students individual problems as well as group problems.

According to the text, one reason why strategies such as READS are effective is because they require students to study in sections instead of learning all the information at once. This would be most similar to which heuristic?

Low-road transfer is exemplified by

Roberto, an eleventh grade student, rereads his poem for the third time and asks himself again "is this poem finished?" Roberto is engaging in _______________ thinking.

Sohail gets good grades in his language class but uses incorrect grammar and punctuation in his written work in other classes. This situation suggests a problem with

Define the different types of transfer and create new examples of each.

Means-ends analysis in problem solving involves

The tendency to respond in the most familiar or rigid way is a response set.

In addition to having originality, creativity involves ________ motivation.

Making certain that you have the necessary declarative knowledge to understand new information will help to make you a(n) ________ student.

Frank was supposed to push three wheelbarrows back to the barn, and he wasn't relishing the idea of three trips. Then in a flash he reorganized the problem. He loaded two wheelbarrows onto the third and made one trip. In doing this, he demonstrated

Michael was asked to devise as many uses for a brick as he could. After taking the assignment home to work on further, he came up with over 30 ideas, many of which were not proposed by any other student. All of Michael's ideas dealt with using a brick to break things. In what aspect of creativity proposed by Torrence is Michael lacking?

Overlearning is the process of practicing a skill

Creativity is often equated with ________ thinking or the ability to generate many different ideas.

Which one of the following concepts is consistent with the notion of a heuristic?

What is meant by problem solving? Identify some of the factors that inhibit problem solving and suggest strategies for reducing their effects.

Which type of problem fixation does Keri manifest when she refuses to take a different route home from work, even though it will add 25 minutes to her daily commute from work?

What has research determined about the ways experts solve problems? How can students use this information to make themselves learn more like experts?