Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

A speaker of Kuuk Thaayorre, the language of the Cape York Australian aboriginals, would say "Melbourne is south of Cape York" as well as saying "The dessert spoon is west of the coffee cup." Thus, for long and short distances speakers of Kuuk Thaayorre use which type of directional reference?

Expert chess players can automatically recognize 50,000 to 100,000 patterns, a level of skill that takes about how long to build up?

The cross-stimulation effect in brainstorming refers to​

Framing decisions narrowly

Your young son is having difficulty tying his shoe.While you give verbal suggestions, you are actually tying the shoe in your mind with your hands making slight movements as if tying a shoe.Your thoughts and micromovements of your hands illustrate your use of __________ imagery.

If one ignores the base rate when making a decision, it usually leads to

The Rumbaughs taught a chimp named Kanzi to comprehend spoken English words through

In which of the following ways would mental images NOT be used ?

Which of the following is NOT a stage in the creative thought process described in the text?

Mandy has been commissioned to paint a mural representing her hometown.Mandy walks around the town, looks in the archives at the local newspaper, and talks to town residents about their memories of living in the town.To solve the problem of what to paint, Mandy is

After Archimedes suddenly realized the solution to his problem of whether the king had been cheated by the goldsmith, he tested this solution by placing the amount of gold given to the goldsmith in a tub of water, marking the water level, and removing the gold.He then placed the crown in the water.If the goldsmith had cheated the king by using cheaper metals, the water level would be different than the water level marked for the pure gold.At this point, Archimedes was in which stage of creative thought?

Kris does poorly on factual multiple-choice tests in history and psychology.Kris is having trouble on tests that measure

Generalized ideas that represent categories of objects or events are called

A corporate manager who wants to solve a business problem but becomes stern and angry when members of his marketing team joke playfully about possible solutions is exhibiting a perceptual barrier to problem solving.

A mechanical solution is achieved by using all of the following EXCEPT

Thinking in which a general rule or principle is gathered from a series of specific examples, for instance, inferring the laws of gravity by observing many falling objects, is called __________ thinking.

Dr.Ramen is using a method for encouraging creative thinking that separates the production and evaluation of the ideas.Dr.Ramen is using __________.

Discuss five of the typical characteristics of creative persons, including how these characteristics differ from the stereotype of creative people; and explain whether there is any truth to the old saying that "there is a fine line between genius and insanity."

If thought is active, effortful, and controlled, you are engaged in

Quick, impulsive thought that does not typically make use of formal logic or clear reasoning describes