Exam 8: B: Cognition,language,and Creativity

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.

Unnecessary restrictions to thinking tend to result in

Having a teacher you came to appreciate only after classes were well under way,or only after the course was over,demonstrates that

In attempting to solve a problem,a subject fails to see that the old doorknob in the box could be used as a weight to hang on the balance scale.This subject is exhibiting

Jeremy has decided to write his assigned term paper on post-traumatic stress disorder.The stage of creative thought in which Jeremy will accumulate massive amounts of research information on his topic is called the __________ stage.

Which of the following represents an insightful problem solution?

Psychologist Nalini Ambady asked people to watch three ten-second video clips of teachers they did not know and then rate these teachers.Compared to the year-end course evaluations made by actual students in the course,these intuitive ratings by these experimental participants

Regarding creativity,which of the following statements is FALSE?

In order to discover whether the goldsmith had used cheaper metals in the king's crown,Archimedes checked all the known methods for analyzing metals and found that all involved cutting or melting the crown.So,he was forced to temporarily set the problem aside.This stage of creative thought in which the problem is set aside for awhile is known as

Which of the following is a test of creativity?

Creative thinking marked by a series of small steps that lead to an original solution is called __________ problem-solving.

A large drunken guy in a bar insults Josh's girlfriend.Josh is very angry but he takes a few deep breaths and "counts to ten." These deep breaths and "counting to ten" will most likely

In order to discover whether the king had been cheated,Archimedes defined the problem and then he checked all known methods of analyzing metals.This gathering of information about mental analysis would constitute which stage of creative thought?

Selective combination,selective comparison,and selective encoding are all related to

Mae was asked to solve the following problem: Pretend that you are a bus driver.You begin the day with an empty bus.At your first stop,you let on 10 passengers.At your second stop,4 people get off the bus,and 12 people get on.At your third stop,8 people get off the bus,and 2 people get on.At your fourth stop,nobody gets off the bus,and 1 person gets on.How old is the bus driver? According to Davidson,if Mae just adds the numbers without focusing on the relevant part of this problem,he or she is showing a lack of

Of the characteristics listed,which would be the LEAST likely characteristic you would see in most creative persons?

If one ignores the base rate when making a decision,it usually leads to

Nikki is in the second grade and is given the following problem to solve: John has 15 apples,Amy has 10 apples,and Chris has 5 apples.How many apples do John and Chris have altogether? Nikki adds the apples for all three people,using the irrelevant information about Amy's number of apples.Thus,according to Davidson,Nikki is displaying a lack of

On a creativity test,you are asked to list all the uses of a paper clip.The more unusual or novel your answers the higher will be your __________ score.

Regarding fixation,which of the following statements is TRUE?