Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

The city has asked for local citizens to send in creative solutions to the downtown parking problem.Emil's contribution states that the "City should use large coat hangers or helium balloons to suspend cars above the downtown area." Emil's solutions to the parking problem would be considered

Which of the following would NOT be considered a creativity test?

A young child tells his mother that "when the dog growl at me, I runned home so fast, I hurt my foots." The child's application of the normal past tense and plurals to irregular verbs and nouns illustrates the child's attempt to use

Regarding Kanzi's language and grammar skills, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is a major barrier to creative thinking and can lead us to see a problem in preconceived terms that impede our problem-solving attempts?

Jimmy has a feeling about a horse named Surf and Turf in the Kentucky Derby.While the horse is a long shot to win the race, Jimmy somehow believes Surf and Turf will win.He decides to make a substantial wager on the race.Which type of thinking is Jimmy using to make his decision?

Randomly looking up words in a dictionary is a way to seek varied input and enhance creativity, according to creativity researcher __________.

One of the most important barriers to problem solving that involves the tendency to get "hung up" on wrong solutions or becoming blind to alternatives is called

A person who has unusual olfactory experiences when bombarded with the sounds of rock music would be described as having

If asked, "Which is more probable? A.Professional golfer Adam Scott will not be in the lead after the first round of golf at the tournament but will win the tournament.B.Professional golfer Adam Scott will not be in the lead after the first round of golf of a tournament." Most people would answer A, although A is less likely to be true than B.According to Tversky and Kahneman, such faulty conclusions are based on

"A triangle must be a closed shape with three sides made of straight lines." This statement is an example of a

If a car is considered by 90 percent of people to be a prime example of the concept of transportation, then it would be referred to as an ideal model, or __________.

When thought is passive, effortless, and automatic, the person is engaged in

Which of the following would NOT encourage creativity?

When given a set of cards depicting a series of events, speakers of Hebrew arrange the cards in a(n)__________ sequence.

You are asked, "What objects can you think of that begin with the letters BR?" To answer this question, you must use __________ thinking.

Which of the following represents an insightful problem solution?

Within only a few seconds, Ana determines that she does not wish to be at this fraternity party and makes a hasty exit back to her dorm.This immediate, intuitive reaction of Ana's is an example of

Which of the following is NOT one of Csikszentmihalyi's recommendations about how to become more creative?

In his study of thinking, Duncker found that the first step in problem solving based on understanding is to discover a set of rules that lead to the solution.