Exam 11: Problem Solving and Creativity

Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Köhler were two respected ___________ psychologists who made important contributions in the area of insightful thinking.

Based on current research and theory on creativity,what advice would you give a friend who would like to be more creative in her or his work?

Define well-structured and ill-structured problems.

Explain isomorphic problems.Include what research suggests concerning people's ability to deal with these types of problems.

Desire for fame or fortune is an example of a(n)__________ motivator.

What are the advantages of becoming an expert? What are the disadvantages? Explain.

Neuropsychological studies have demonstrated that activation in the right anterior temporal area is related to insight.Which of the following statements best describes that relationship?

Outline an experiment designed to study creativity.Be very clear in specifying it.What measures would you use? What would be your operational definition of creativity?

John does not realize that his girlfriend,Mary,is unhappy about their relationship and wants to break up.To address this situation,John first and foremost (before anything else)needs to __________ the problem.

After researching a topic for a term paper,you go over all of your notes and decide on an outline for organizing your ideas as well as the order in which you will address them in your paper.The problem-solving step primarily associated with this task is

This view of insight suggests that there is something special about insight.Support for this view is that problem-solvers show poor ability in predicting success until just prior to solving the problem.Thus,problem-solvers for insight problems lack an incremental increase in terms of predicting success of finding a solution.

__________ refers to a cognitive phenomenon in which a person is predisposed to use an existing model for representing information,even when the existing model inadequately represents the information in a new situation.

Which of the following characteristics has not been associated with highly creative individuals?

Sheer enjoyment of the creative process and personal desire to solve a problem are examples of __________ motivators.

__________ refers to thought processes during which the person selectively narrows down multiple alternatives until reaching a single,optimal alternative.

This theory suggests that both individual factors as well as environmental factors need to converge in order for creativity to occur.A creative individual,then,often finds undervalued ideas,develops them,and then moves on after others recognize the value of the idea.

Imagine a world of highly creative people,splashed with only a few "non-creative" individuals.Based on your knowledge of creativity,develop a theory of "non-creativity" (lack of creativity)and describe what would characterize these few "non-creative" individuals.

According to Howard Gardner,creative individuals tend to have early family lives that are

fMRI studies have revealed increased activity in ___________ when a person experiences insight.

__________ occurs when solving an earlier problem makes it easier to solve a new problem.