Question 1

When brainstorming is applied to individual problem solving, the essential point to remember is to

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A)  suspend judgment. 
B)  use convergent thinking. 
C)  set a short time limit. 
D)  list the ideas out loud. 
A)  suspend judgment. 
B)  use convergent thinking. 
C)  set a short time limit. 
D)  list the ideas out loud.

Question 2

You are asked to come up with new ways to clean oil off a beach, so you look in the dictionary at randomly selected words, such as weed, rust, poor, magnify, foam, coal, etc., and try to relate them to the problem and see what thoughts they trigger.You are

Accepted Answer

A)  seeking varied input to solve your problem. 
B)  narrowing the parameters of your problem. 
C)  distracting your focus, and this should be avoided. 
D)  creating mental sets that will enhance your creativity. 
A)  seeking varied input to solve your problem. 
B)  narrowing the parameters of your problem. 
C)  distracting your focus, and this should be avoided. 
D)  creating mental sets that will enhance your creativity.

Question 3

A large drunken guy in a bar insults Josh's girlfriend.Josh is very angry, but he takes a few deep breaths and "counts to ten." These deep breaths and "counting to ten" will most likely

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A)  give the drunken guy an opportunity to apologize to Josh and his girlfriend. 
B)  cause Josh to react too slowly and give the drunken guy the opportunity to hit Josh. 
C)  calm Josh so that he will make a rational decision not to fight. 
D)  prevent Josh from crying and making "a fool out of himself" in front of his girlfriend. 
A)  give the drunken guy an opportunity to apologize to Josh and his girlfriend. 
B)  cause Josh to react too slowly and give the drunken guy the opportunity to hit Josh. 
C)  calm Josh so that he will make a rational decision not to fight. 
D)  prevent Josh from crying and making "a fool out of himself" in front of his girlfriend.

Question 4

Nikki is in the second grade and is given the following problem to solve: John has 15 apples, Amy has 10 apples, and Chris has 5 apples.How many apples do John and Chris have altogether? Nikki adds the apples for all three people, using the irrelevant information about Amy's number of apples.Thus, according to Davidson, Nikki is displaying a lack of

Accepted Answer

A)  selective attention. 
B)  selective comparison. 
C)  selective encoding. 
D)  selective combination. 
A)  selective attention. 
B)  selective comparison. 
C)  selective encoding. 
D)  selective combination.

Question 5

American Sign Language

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A)  has a spatial grammar and syntax. 
B)  is a pantomimed code. 
C)  is the only true gestural language in the world. 
D)  is all of these. 
A)  has a spatial grammar and syntax. 
B)  is a pantomimed code. 
C)  is the only true gestural language in the world. 
D)  is all of these.

Question 6

Intuition involves

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A)  using novel, or unusual solutions. 
B)  quick, impulsive thoughts. 
C)  imagination and mystical experiences. 
D)  the use of denotative meanings for subjective experiences. 
A)  using novel, or unusual solutions. 
B)  quick, impulsive thoughts. 
C)  imagination and mystical experiences. 
D)  the use of denotative meanings for subjective experiences.

Question 7

Parents and their children who scored higher in creativity than did normal parents and their children were found to also have a history of

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A)  ​mood swings. 
B)  ​generalized anxiety disorder. 
C)  ​dissociative fugue disorder. 
D)  ​obsessive-compulsive symptoms. 
A)  ​mood swings. 
B)  ​generalized anxiety disorder. 
C)  ​dissociative fugue disorder. 
D)  ​obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Question 8

In deciding on a career, Aria is thinking about the pay, working conditions, job satisfaction, needed skills, future employment outlook, and many other factors.Aria

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A)  is framing the question of a career in narrow, specific terms. 
B)  is framing the question of a career in the broadest way. 
C)  is using the process of "thin-slicing" to make her career decision. 
D)  should base her decision solely on the type of employment activity that she would most enjoy and not worry about the other aspects of the job. 
A)  is framing the question of a career in narrow, specific terms. 
B)  is framing the question of a career in the broadest way. 
C)  is using the process of "thin-slicing" to make her career decision. 
D)  should base her decision solely on the type of employment activity that she would most enjoy and not worry about the other aspects of the job.

Question 9

Problems come in many forms and are usually best faced

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A)  through trial and error. 
B)  mindfully. 
C)  intuitively. 
D)  using experiential processing. 
A)  through trial and error. 
B)  mindfully. 
C)  intuitively. 
D)  using experiential processing.

Question 10

Jeremy is writing his term paper on post-traumatic stress disorder and has yet to come up with a title for the paper.All of a sudden, the perfect title pops into his head.Jeremy has just experienced which stage of creative thought?

Accepted Answer

A)  preparation 
B)  incubation 
C)  illumination 
D)  verification 
A)  preparation 
B)  incubation 
C)  illumination 
D)  verification

Question 11

Which of the following is usually associated with creativity?

Accepted Answer

A)  convergent thinking 
B)  divergent thinking 
C)  modeling 
D)  syntax 
A)  convergent thinking 
B)  divergent thinking 
C)  modeling 
D)  syntax

Question 12

The subjective, personal meaning of a word or concept is its __________ meaning.

Accepted Answer

A)  relational 
B)  categorical 
C)  connotative 
D)  denotative 
A)  relational 
B)  categorical 
C)  connotative 
D)  denotative

Question 13

To develop expertise in a field requires us to develop a deeper general understanding of the field and to learn available __________ strategies.

Accepted Answer

A)  heuristic solution 
B)  algorithmic solution 
C)  mnemonic solution 
D)  random search 
A)  heuristic solution 
B)  algorithmic solution 
C)  mnemonic solution 
D)  random search

Question 14

When a person uses fables and stories from their particular culture to solve new problems, such as using the Hansel and Gretel story to solve the problem of not getting lost in a cave, the person is using

Accepted Answer

A)  selective intuition. 
B)  selective comparison. 
C)  selective combination. 
D)  selective encoding. 
A)  selective intuition. 
B)  selective comparison. 
C)  selective combination. 
D)  selective encoding.

Question 15

Oddly enough, non-fluent readers do not have as much trouble on the Stroop interference task since they cannot as yet use which of the following in reading the words? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​algorithmic processing 
B)  automatic processing 
C)  conjunctive processing 
D)  ​reflective processing 
A)  ​algorithmic processing 
B)  automatic processing 
C)  conjunctive processing 
D)  ​reflective processing

Question 16

The stage of creative thought during which massive amounts of information relevant to the solution are assembled is the __________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  incubation. 
B)  orientation. 
C)  preparation. 
D)  consideration. 
A)  incubation. 
B)  orientation. 
C)  preparation. 
D)  consideration.

Question 17

If you have ever been without a screwdriver and took a dime out of your pocket and used it to loosen a screw, then you did not let which of the following be a barrier to your thinking?

Accepted Answer

A)  animism 
B)  functional fixedness 
C)  inhibition 
D)  disjunctive thinking 
A)  animism 
B)  functional fixedness 
C)  inhibition 
D)  disjunctive thinking

Question 18

Colleen believes that any athlete is egotistical, rude, and lacking in academic motivation.Regarding athletes, Colleen is using a

Accepted Answer

A)  disjunctive concept. 
B)  social stereotype. 
C)  conjunctive prototype. 
D)  conjunctive prototype. 
A)  disjunctive concept. 
B)  social stereotype. 
C)  conjunctive prototype. 
D)  conjunctive prototype.

Question 19

People have been shown to give different responses to surveys if the word "banned" is used in a question than if "not allowed" is used.The difference is primarily a matter of

Accepted Answer

A)  syntax. 
B)  conjunctive meaning. 
C)  disjunctive meaning. 
D)  semantics. 
A)  syntax. 
B)  conjunctive meaning. 
C)  disjunctive meaning. 
D)  semantics.

Question 20

Rapid insight, or the "Aha! experience," occurs during the verification stage of creative thought.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

When brainstorming is applied to individual problem solving, the essential point to remember is to

You are asked to come up with new ways to clean oil off a beach, so you look in the dictionary at randomly selected words, such as weed, rust, poor, magnify, foam, coal, etc., and try to relate them to the problem and see what thoughts they trigger.You are

A large drunken guy in a bar insults Josh's girlfriend.Josh is very angry, but he takes a few deep breaths and "counts to ten." These deep breaths and "counting to ten" will most likely

American Sign Language

Intuition involves

Parents and their children who scored higher in creativity than did normal parents and their children were found to also have a history of

In deciding on a career, Aria is thinking about the pay, working conditions, job satisfaction, needed skills, future employment outlook, and many other factors.Aria

Problems come in many forms and are usually best faced

Jeremy is writing his term paper on post-traumatic stress disorder and has yet to come up with a title for the paper.All of a sudden, the perfect title pops into his head.Jeremy has just experienced which stage of creative thought?

Which of the following is usually associated with creativity?

The subjective, personal meaning of a word or concept is its __________ meaning.

To develop expertise in a field requires us to develop a deeper general understanding of the field and to learn available __________ strategies.

When a person uses fables and stories from their particular culture to solve new problems, such as using the Hansel and Gretel story to solve the problem of not getting lost in a cave, the person is using

Oddly enough, non-fluent readers do not have as much trouble on the Stroop interference task since they cannot as yet use which of the following in reading the words?

The stage of creative thought during which massive amounts of information relevant to the solution are assembled is the __________ stage.

If you have ever been without a screwdriver and took a dime out of your pocket and used it to loosen a screw, then you did not let which of the following be a barrier to your thinking?

Colleen believes that any athlete is egotistical, rude, and lacking in academic motivation.Regarding athletes, Colleen is using a

People have been shown to give different responses to surveys if the word "banned" is used in a question than if "not allowed" is used.The difference is primarily a matter of

Rapid insight, or the "Aha! experience," occurs during the verification stage of creative thought.

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Memory.

Intelligence.

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Health, Stress, and Coping.

Psychological Disorders.

Therapies.

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Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

When brainstorming is applied to individual problem solving, the essential point to remember is to

You are asked to come up with new ways to clean oil off a beach, so you look in the dictionary at randomly selected words, such as weed, rust, poor, magnify, foam, coal, etc., and try to relate them to the problem and see what thoughts they trigger.You are

A large drunken guy in a bar insults Josh's girlfriend.Josh is very angry, but he takes a few deep breaths and "counts to ten." These deep breaths and "counting to ten" will most likely

American Sign Language

Intuition involves

Parents and their children who scored higher in creativity than did normal parents and their children were found to also have a history of

In deciding on a career, Aria is thinking about the pay, working conditions, job satisfaction, needed skills, future employment outlook, and many other factors.Aria

Problems come in many forms and are usually best faced

Jeremy is writing his term paper on post-traumatic stress disorder and has yet to come up with a title for the paper.All of a sudden, the perfect title pops into his head.Jeremy has just experienced which stage of creative thought?

Which of the following is usually associated with creativity?

The subjective, personal meaning of a word or concept is its __________ meaning.

To develop expertise in a field requires us to develop a deeper general understanding of the field and to learn available __________ strategies.

When a person uses fables and stories from their particular culture to solve new problems, such as using the Hansel and Gretel story to solve the problem of not getting lost in a cave, the person is using

Oddly enough, non-fluent readers do not have as much trouble on the Stroop interference task since they cannot as yet use which of the following in reading the words? ​

The stage of creative thought during which massive amounts of information relevant to the solution are assembled is the __________ stage.

If you have ever been without a screwdriver and took a dime out of your pocket and used it to loosen a screw, then you did not let which of the following be a barrier to your thinking?

Colleen believes that any athlete is egotistical, rude, and lacking in academic motivation.Regarding athletes, Colleen is using a

People have been shown to give different responses to surveys if the word "banned" is used in a question than if "not allowed" is used.The difference is primarily a matter of

Rapid insight, or the "Aha! experience," occurs during the verification stage of creative thought.

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior.

Human Development

Sensation and Perception.

States of Consciousness.

Conditioning and Learning.

Memory.

Intelligence.

Motivation and Emotion.

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.

Personality.

Health, Stress, and Coping.

Psychological Disorders.

Therapies.

Social Thinking and Social Influence.

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior.

Applied Psychology.

Filters

Oddly enough, non-fluent readers do not have as much trouble on the Stroop interference task since they cannot as yet use which of the following in reading the words?