Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity

Which of the following can channel us down a narrow path so we attend to only part of the information provided, rather than weighing all the pros and cons?

Whitney tells her friend Jan that she can wear the extra jacket that she keeps in her car. Whitney hands Jan her keys and heads off to class. Jan heads to Whitney's car with the set of eight keys. She looks at the keys, noting that two are too small to be car keys, and then she looks for any key that might have a symbol associated with a particular car. She finds two keys that have a shape on them like the hood ornament on Whitney's car. So, these will be the first two keys of the eight that she will try. To solve this "key" problem, Jan used

Inventor Thomas Edison held over 1,000 U.S. patents for his inventions. Although not all of these inventions were commercially successful, this outpouring of ideas represents which aspect of Edison's creativity?

Scores on the Rorschach inkblot test include a consideration of how unusual a person's responses are. This aspect of the test is similar to a measure of creativity known as

Regarding Kanzi's language and grammar skills, which of the following was NOT one of the skills exhibited by this pygmy chimpanzee in the Rumbaugh study?

Jake is taking a creativity test in which he is asked to list as many uses for a rubber band as possible. He receives a high score on the aspect of creativity measured by the number of times he shifted from one class of possible uses to another, which is called __________.

A motorcycle must have two wheels and an engine and handlebars. Thus, a motorcycle is considered a __________ concept.

The stage of creative thought during which problem-solving proceeds at a subconscious level is the __________ stage.

When you are daydreaming and letting your thoughts wander aimlessly, you are engaged in reflective processing.

Thought that is intuitive, haphazard, associative, or personal is termed __________ thought.

Usually, the narrowest way of framing or stating a problem produces the best decisions.

When a problem is solved by rote, thinking is guided by a learned set of rules that always leads to a correct solution, with this learned set of rules being known as a(n)__________.

Regarding aspects of cognition, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The stage of creative thought during which the problem is defined and important dimensions identified is the __________ stage.

Intense problem solving and planning require

"Try to identify how the current state of affairs differs from the desired goal, and then find steps that will reduce the difference." This advice describes a

If you are asked, "How many ways can you use an empty egg carton?" you might begin by picturing uses you have already seen, such as sorting buttons into a carton. To give more original answers, you must

Going from specific facts or observations to general principles is called __________ thought.

The fact that "dog bites man" has a very different meaning from "man bites dog" demonstrates the importance of

In the English language, an adjective will normally precede the noun, but in Spanish the opposite is true. This difference in placement of the adjective illustrates that the two languages have different rules of