Exam 8: Cognition and Intelligence

You are asked, "If you simultaneously drop a baseball and a bowling ball from a tall building, which will hit the ground first?" To solve this problem, you must use __________ thinking.

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. This aspect is called __________.

If your images cross normal sense barriers, such as spiced chicken tasting "pointy" to you or pain being sensed as the color orange, then you have a rare form of imagery known as __________.

Describe and give an example of how a problem could be solved in each of the following ways: (A) algorithmically, (B) through understanding, (C) by using a random search strategy, (D) by using heuristics, and (E) through insight.

Since the 1980s, Duane Rumbaugh and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh have been teaching a pygmy chimpanzee named Kanzi to communicate by pushing 250 buttons on a computer keyboard, each marked with a geometric word-symbol called a(n) __________.

American Sign Language

Regarding ethnicity and IQ scores, which of the following statements is TRUE?

The tendency to perceive a problem in a way that blinds us to possible solutions is called

Your psychology professor has assigned a major term paper. Describe how the five stages of creative problem-solving would relate to this assignment.

Creative persons are unconventional and nonconforming primarily in their work, and otherwise, do not have unusual, outlandish, or bizarre personalities.

The majority of the gifted in Terman's study f inished college, earned advanced degrees, or held professional positions.

A test designed to measure intelligence without the influence of a person's cultural background, verbal skills, or educational level is referred to as a(n) __________ test.

In decision making, we tend to give less weight to a choice if it seems representative of what we already know.

The five to 25-point IQ gains that have occurred in 14 nations in the last 30 years reflect the influence of all of the following EXCEPT

If you have ever been without a screwdriver and took out a dime and used it to loosen the screw, then you did not let functional fixedness be a barrier to your problem-solving.

If a test question asks you to name the most common use for a pencil, you would use which type of thinking to derive the correct answer?

A prerequisite for creativity seems to be

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

A quick, impulsive thought that does not typically make use of formal logic or clear reasoning is referred to as __________.

You are asked to circle the word that does not belong in the series: skyscraper , cathedral, temple, prayer. Another student is asked to circle the word that does not belong in the series: cathedral, prayer, temple, skyscraper . If you circled "prayer" and the other student circled "skyscraper," the difference in your answers would be due to