Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

Donna is "looking over" her psychology notes while watching TV and texting her friends.Regarding her psychology notes, Donna is engaged in

In decision making, we tend to give less weight to a choice if it seems representative of what we already know.

Usually, the narrowest way of framing or stating a problem produces the best decisions.

The tendency to select wrong answers because they seem to match preexisting mental categories is referred to as the

The verification stage of creative thought

Which of the following is a major dimension of connotative meaning as measured by the semantic differential?

The semantic differential measures a concept's __________ meaning.

One barrier to the use of group learning in the American classrooms is the view by some parents and teachers that students should strive for independence and self-sufficiency in their learning.Thus, the barrier to the use of group learning would be classified as a(n)__________ barrier.

You are asked to plant four small trees so that each is an equal distance from all the others.If you believe that the trees all have to be planted on level ground, you will be unable to correctly answer this problem because you are exhibiting

Images, concepts, and symbols are

Describe five of the eight strategies for promoting divergent thinking; and explain how each can enhance creative problem solving.

Rearranging words almost always changes the meaning of a sentence, which illustrates the importance of

As compared to novices, experts tend to

Since the 1980s, Duane Rumbaugh and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh have been teaching a pygmy chimpanzee named Kanzi to communicate by pushing 250 buttons on a computer keyboard, each marked with a geometric word-symbol called a(n)__________.

In the Stroop interference task, fluent readers of English have difficulty quickly naming the color of the ink that is used to print the words because they

Semantic problems would be LEAST likely to occur

When Richard visualizes his girlfriend's face, the area in his brain that initially becomes most active is the

A father and his young son walk by a store and see a big sign in the store window advertising a "Fire Sale" next Tuesday.Although the father knows this means that the store will be selling their goods at greatly reduced prices, his son wonders why anyone would sell "fire." This difference in their reactions is due to

Personal rituals, such as counting to ten, meditating for a moment, and engaging in superstitious behaviors like crossing your fingers before moving ahead,

Beliefs, such as "fantasy and playfulness are only for children," can interfere with problem solving and are called __________ barriers.