Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

The symbols we call words are built out of

While reading a book about Sigmund Freud, you come upon the term psychosomatic.You cannot quite figure out the meaning of the word from the context in which it is used, and so you bring to mind your rudimentary knowledge of the parts of the word.You know that psycho has to do with the mind or with thinking, and you also know that somatic has to do with the body.Looking back at the book, you come to the conclusion that psychosomatic has to do with the mind's influence on one's physical state.You have just relied on

Cognitive psychologist Lera Boroditsky has reported that aboriginal children from Cape York, Australia, can accurately point to any compass direction as early as age five.In contrast, most Americans cannot do this even as adults.Boroditsky believes this is due to the

Thinking in which many possibilities are developed from one starting place is called __________ thinking.

"Try working backward from the desired goal to the starting point or current state." This advice describes a

You want to boil an egg for 15 minutes, and all you have is a 7-minute hourglass and an 11-minute hourglass.Using these two hourglasses in your solution requires you to use

A quick, impulsive thought that does not typically make use of formal logic or clear reasoning is referred to as __________.

For the last 30 years, Duane Rumbaugh and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh have taught a chimp named Kanzi to communicate using

After Jeremy completes his term paper on post-traumatic stress disorder, he goes over his paper and critically evaluates it, checking his references, grammar, spelling, and writing style.At this point, Jeremy is in which stage of creative thought?

The basic units of thought: concepts, language, and __________.

Having a teacher you came to appreciate only after classes were well under way, or only after the course was over, demonstrates that

Language is termed productive if it

Archimedes was asked by the king to determine whether the goldsmith in making his crown had cheated the king by substituting cheaper metals.To solve this problem, Archimedes began by asking himself, "How can I tell what metals have been used in the crown without damaging it?" At this point, Archimedes is in which stage of creative thought?

The process of classifying information into meaningful categories is called __________.

The type of images that are created from muscular sensations and are especially important in music, sports, dance, and martial arts are called __________ images.

Which stage of creative thought produces the "Aha!" experience and is often depicted in cartoons as a light bulb appearing over the thinker's head as the solution to the problem occurs?

Regarding creative thinking skills, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Uncle, aunt, brother, and sister would all be considered

The smallest meaningful units of speech, such as syllables or words, are called

People who engage in political spin and propaganda are actually manipulating