Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

Thinking that applies a general set of rules to specific situations, for example, using the laws of gravity to predict the behavior of a single falling object, is referred to as __________ thought.

During brainstorming, ideas should first be produced without regard for logic, organization, accuracy, practicality, or any other evaluation.

Thought that is based on emotion rather than reasoning would be considered __________ thought.

Some psychologists believe that truly exceptional creativity, such as that of Da Vinci, Freud, Mozart, or Picasso, requires a rare combination of

Jeff is presented with a picture of a connected block formation and then presented with four pictures of block formations that have the same number of connected blocks but shown from different perspectives.In order for Jeff to select which one of the four perspectives matches the original block formation, he must

Going from general principles to specific situations is called __________ thought.

In his study of thinking, Duncker found that the first step in problem solving based on understanding is to discover

Cary excels on open-ended essays and creative art projects.Cary performs well on measures of __________ thought.

Social stereotypes are faulty, oversimplified concepts about groups of people and are related to a concept's __________ meaning.

The main difference between an expert and a novice chess player is that the expert explores more moves ahead of the novice player.

An idea representing a category of related objects or events is called a(n)

In group problem solving, the tendency of one person's ideas to trigger ideas from others is called the __________ effect.

Tony is using the strong-weak dimension of the semantic differential to rate various advertising words.This dimension is closely related to these words' __________ meaning.

Insight tends to be based on reorganizing the problem.

Which of the following is a formal guideline for deciding whether objects or events belong to a concept class?

Regarding concepts and concept formation, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The emotional or personal meaning of a word can be measured by comparing the word to the dimensions good/bad, strong/weak, and active/passive in an approach known as the __________.

Which type of meaning is included in the connotative meaning of a word?

If you were asked in which direction do you turn the hot-water handle in your kitchen to shut off the water, you would most likely use __________ imagery.

Psychologist Nalini Ambady asked people to watch three ten-second video clips of teachers they did not know and then rate these teachers.Compared to the year-end course evaluations made by actual students in the course, these intuitive ratings by these experimental participants