Exam 8: B: Cognition,language,and Creativity

An instructor concentrates so much on the information to be put on her powerpoint slide that she fails to note the need to use contrast for easy visibility of the text.In attempting to solve the problem of creating effective slides for her students,this instructor is exhibiting which type of barrier to problem solving?

When asked the question,"Which parent should be awarded custody?" people tend to

Which of the following is usually associated with creativity?

You can become more creative by doing all of the following EXCEPT for

The illumination stage of creative thought

Which of the following statements about creative people is TRUE?

The orientation stage of creative thought is the stage at which

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of creative people?

Humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow believed that,in order for us to make full use of our potentials,we must

Which of the following skills would NOT be assessed by creativity tests?

Although there is a high rate of failure for starting new businesses,people still readily open new businesses every year.These decisions probably would not occur if people did not

Which of the following was being studied by Ambady when she showed three 10-second and then three 2-second clips of teachers and asked participants to rate the teacher?

When you are thinking creatively,a spirit of discovery prevails,and you are more likely to

Regarding the practice of "thin-slicing," which of the following statements is FALSE?

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.

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

One barrier to the use of group learning in the American classrooms is the view by some parents and teachers that students should strive for independence and self-sufficiency in their learning.Thus,the barrier to the use of group learning would be classified as a(n)__________ barrier.

Beliefs,such as "fantasy and playfulness are only for children",can interfere with problem-solving and are called __________ barriers.

After Archimedes suddenly realized the solution to his problem of whether the king had been cheated,he tested this solution by placing the amount of gold given to the goldsmith in a tub of water and marked the water level and removed the gold.He then placed the crown in the water.If the goldsmith had cheated the king,the water level would be different than the water level marked for the pure gold.At this point,Archimedes was in which stage of creative thought?

In solving a complex math problem,Sarah proceeds from the given information in the problem to new conclusions on the basis of explicit mathematical rules she has learned in class.Sarah is using __________ thought.