Exam 8: C: Cognition,language,and Creativity

Mandy has been commissed to paint a mural representing her hometown.Mandy decides to walk 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

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 "__________."

Selective encoding is the ability to compare new problems with old information or with problems already solved.

David Premack taught Sarah the chimpanzee to use sentences,such as "If Sarah take apple,then Mary give Sarah chocolate." This type of sentence is referred to as a(n)___________ statement.

Since many "new" problems are really old problems in new clothing,most problems become easier to solve when we

Exposing yourself to a wide variety of information is a good way to encourage

Describe and give an example of each of the following intuitive thinking errors: (a)representativeness heuristic,(b)ignoring the base rate,(c)framing,and (d)emotion.

Fixations and functional fixedness are specific types of

Which of the following would NOT encourage creativity?

If a robin is an ideal model of a bird,then a robin would be considered a prototype of this concept.

Which of the following is NOT a basic rule of brainstorming?

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 __________.

Imagining how another person would view the problem and asking "silly" or playful questions are ways to

In brainstorming,the tendency of one person's ideas to trigger ideas from others is known as

You are asked the following tricky question,"If there are 12 one-cent candies in a dozen,how many two-cent candies are there in a dozen?" To answer this question,you must

A person who is concerned about his or her health,but who continues to drink large amounts of alcohol,is making an error in judgment called ignoring the base rate.

Using the story of Archimedes to explain the five stages that occur during creative problem solving.

When applying brainstorming to individual problem solving,these ideas should be initially produced without regard to

Which of the following tends to inhibit creativity in the initial stages?

You go to the new ice cream parlor that has 48 different flavors of ice cream and 20 different toppings.According to behavioral economist Dilip Soman,having all these choices