Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity

Problem finding is a characteristic of __________ thinking.

You and a friend are presented with the problem of how you could determine how many equal weight stones would match your weight without using a balance scale. You suddenly remember the story of how Archimedes determined the amount of gold in a crown by the amount of water it displaced. Your friend tells you that he solved the problem using the same method because he remembered the Chinese fable about how the villagers were able to weigh an elephant. You and your friend both solved the problem using

Acceptance into the nursing program requires that you have successfully completed eight hours of anatomy and physiology and three hours of college algebra and have an overall 3.0 grade point average. Your acceptance into the nursing program would be considered a __________ concept.

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

Regarding experts and novices, which of the following statements is FALSE?

If you have good kinesthetic imagery, you most likely will be able to

In his book Blink, Malcolm Gladwell argues that quickly making sense of tiny slivers of experience is not a case of hurried irrationality, but is a case of "__________."

Your English assignment is to write a short poem about fire and ice. To complete this assignment, you will need to use __________ thinking.

Regarding language, which of the following statements is FALSE?

You define a vacation as "sitting on a beach reading a book," while your sister considers "rock climbing and hiking" to be a vacation, which illustrates your different denotative meanings of "vacation."

The fact that the sentence, "Samantha kissed Trevor," has a very different meaning from "Trevor kissed Samantha," demonstrates the importance of

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

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

Discuss the properties of mental images and how mental images are related to the senses, including the rare form of imagery known as synesthesia; explain how mental images are formed by the brain; and list four ways that mental images are used in everyday life.

Thinking directed toward the discovery of a single established correct answer is known as __________ thinking.

Many people vote for a candidate based more on whether they like the candidate or not, rather than voting for the candidate that is the most qualified for the job, which illustrates how one's judgment can be affected by

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

William has been working diligently on an engineering project, but he has gotten to the point that he sees no way to a viable solution. So, he sets aside the problem and works on another project. By setting aside the problem, William is allowing problem-solving to proceed on a subconscious level. This stage of creative thinking is known as

Jan asks her friend Whitney to run to her new apartment near campus and get her report that she left on the table by the door so she will not miss the test. She hands Whitney her key ring that has eight keys on it. Whitney runs to the apartment and then realizes that she does not know which key will open the door, so she just starts trying one key and then another, hoping by chance to find the right one. Finally, the fifth key she tries opens the door. To solve the "key" problem, Whitney was using

A "rule of thumb" that reduces the number of alternatives thinkers must consider is called a(n)