Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) Creative people seek fame and success. 
B) Creative people have a wide range of knowledge and interests. 
C) Creative people use broad categories, break mental sets, and find order in chaos. 
D) Creative people experience more unusual states of consciousness, such as vivid dreams and mystical experiences. 
A) Creative people seek fame and success. 
B) Creative people have a wide range of knowledge and interests. 
C) Creative people use broad categories, break mental sets, and find order in chaos. 
D) Creative people experience more unusual states of consciousness, such as vivid dreams and mystical experiences. A

Question 2

Kris does poorly on factual tests in history and on the solution to math problems, but she excels on open-ended essays and thought questions.Kris is better at _____ than she is at _____.

Accepted Answer

A) syllogisms; concept formation 
B) verification; incubation 
C) divergent thought; convergent thought 
D) denotative thinking; connotative thinking 
A) syllogisms; concept formation 
B) verification; incubation 
C) divergent thought; convergent thought 
D) denotative thinking; connotative thinking C

Question 3

Going from general principles to specific situations is called

Accepted Answer

A) creative thought. 
B) deductive thought. 
C) illogical thought. 
D) inductive thought. 
A) creative thought. 
B) deductive thought. 
C) illogical thought. 
D) inductive thought. B

Question 4

Binet was asked to help find a way to distinguish slower students from more capable ones, and this led to Binet's development of

Accepted Answer

A) artificial intelligence. 
B) the first individual intelligence test. 
C) the multiple intelligence model. 
D) the first test of creative thinking. 
A) artificial intelligence. 
B) the first individual intelligence test. 
C) the multiple intelligence model. 
D) the first test of creative thinking.

Question 5

A potential danger of an intelligent person using only rational thinking is that

Accepted Answer

A) correct conclusions may be drawn from faulty logic. 
B) it can lead to correct, but uninspired answers. 
C) a tendency to think "outside of the box" occurs. 
D) divergent thinking can lead to tangential reasoning. 
A) correct conclusions may be drawn from faulty logic. 
B) it can lead to correct, but uninspired answers. 
C) a tendency to think "outside of the box" occurs. 
D) divergent thinking can lead to tangential reasoning.

Question 6

The incubation stage of creative thought

Accepted Answer

A) involves a rapid insight or series of insights. 
B) involves subconscious processing of the problem and possible solutions. 
C) involves the creative thinker saturating him/herself with pertinent information. 
D) is where the creative thinker tests and evaluates his or her solution. 
A) involves a rapid insight or series of insights. 
B) involves subconscious processing of the problem and possible solutions. 
C) involves the creative thinker saturating him/herself with pertinent information. 
D) is where the creative thinker tests and evaluates his or her solution.

Question 7

By counting the number of times you show fluency, flexibility, and originality, we could rate your creativity, or your capacity for _____ thinking.

Accepted Answer

A) inductive 
B) deductive 
C) convergent 
D) divergent 
A) inductive 
B) deductive 
C) convergent 
D) divergent

Question 8

Regarding intelligence, creativity, and wisdom, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Rational thinking can lead to correct, but uninspired answers. 
B) People who are wise tend to be intelligent, but not creative. 
C) Wise people are open and tolerant. 
D) People can be intelligent without being wise or creative. 
A) Rational thinking can lead to correct, but uninspired answers. 
B) People who are wise tend to be intelligent, but not creative. 
C) Wise people are open and tolerant. 
D) People can be intelligent without being wise or creative.

Question 9

A person defines the problem and identifies its most important dimensions during which stage of creative thought?

Accepted Answer

A) verification 
B) preparation 
C) orientation 
D) incubation 
A) verification 
B) preparation 
C) orientation 
D) incubation

Question 10

Measuring a person's score on an intelligence test relative to others taking the same test is called a

Accepted Answer

A) multiple IQ. 
B) mental age. 
C) deviation IQ. 
D) chronological IQ. 
A) multiple IQ. 
B) mental age. 
C) deviation IQ. 
D) chronological IQ.

Question 11

That people use fables and stories from their particular culture to solve new problems, such as using the Hansel and Gretel story to solve the cave problem in your textbook, illustrates the use of

Accepted Answer

A) selective intuition. 
B) selective comparison. 
C) selective combination. 
D) selective encoding. 
A) selective intuition. 
B) selective comparison. 
C) selective combination. 
D) selective encoding.

Question 12

Creative thinking skills

Accepted Answer

A) appear to be totally inherited. 
B) can be learned. 
C) have a high positive correlation with a person's intelligence. 
D) are highly correlated with emotional instability. 
A) appear to be totally inherited. 
B) can be learned. 
C) have a high positive correlation with a person's intelligence. 
D) are highly correlated with emotional instability.

Question 13

A student uses a Chinese fable about how villagers were able to weigh an elephant to solve the problem regarding how much gold would match a statue's weight without using a balance scale.The student is using

Accepted Answer

A) selective intuition. 
B) selective comparison. 
C) selective combination. 
D) selective encoding. 
A) selective intuition. 
B) selective comparison. 
C) selective combination. 
D) selective encoding.

Question 14

Which two noted psychologists studied how people make decisions in the face of uncertainty and found that human judgment is often seriously flawed?

Accepted Answer

A) Dollard and Miller 
B) Hobson and McCarley 
C) Kahneman and Tversky 
D) Terman and Wechsler 
A) Dollard and Miller 
B) Hobson and McCarley 
C) Kahneman and Tversky 
D) Terman and Wechsler

Question 15

A person's _____ is a good measure of that person's actual ability and is based on the level of age-ranked questions that s/he can answer.

Accepted Answer

A) mental age 
B) cognitive index 
C) chronological age 
D) deviation equivalency score 
A) mental age 
B) cognitive index 
C) chronological age 
D) deviation equivalency score

Question 16

You tell your parents about the "funny stories" that your psychology teacher uses to explain various concepts and theories.Your parents respond that they are not sending you to college to hear "funny stories" and that the teacher should lecture on the subject like when they went to college.Which barrier to creative thinking would your parents' comment BEST fit?

Accepted Answer

A) emotional barrier 
B) cultural barrier 
C) learned barrier 
D) perceptual barrier 
A) emotional barrier 
B) cultural barrier 
C) learned barrier 
D) perceptual barrier

Question 17

An example of a cultural barrier to creative problem-solving would be

Accepted Answer

A) fear of making a fool of oneself. 
B) when values or norms prevent a new approach. 
C) the inability to see new uses for familiar objects. 
D) habits that prevent looking at another aspect of the problem. 
A) fear of making a fool of oneself. 
B) when values or norms prevent a new approach. 
C) the inability to see new uses for familiar objects. 
D) habits that prevent looking at another aspect of the problem.

Question 18

A quick, impulsive thought that does not typically make use of formal logic or clear reasoning describes

Accepted Answer

A) the thinking process of people who are geniuses. 
B) deductive thinking. 
C) intuition. 
D) inductive thinking. 
A) the thinking process of people who are geniuses. 
B) deductive thinking. 
C) intuition. 
D) inductive thinking.

Question 19

The _____ section of the Stanford-Binet asks subjects to correctly remember the order of colored beads seen, to repeat a series of digits forward and backward, and to name the last word in each sentence after hearing several sentences read.

Accepted Answer

A) fluid reasoning 
B) visual-spatial processing 
C) quantitative reasoning 
D) working memory 
A) fluid reasoning 
B) visual-spatial processing 
C) quantitative reasoning 
D) working memory

Question 20

Decision-making often can be influenced by _____, which refers to the way that a problem is stated or structured.

Accepted Answer

A) framing 
B) the base rate 
C) the denotative meaning 
D) transformation 
A) framing 
B) the base rate 
C) the denotative meaning 
D) transformation

Exam 9: Extension B: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

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

Kris does poorly on factual tests in history and on the solution to math problems, but she excels on open-ended essays and thought questions.Kris is better at _____ than she is at _____.

Going from general principles to specific situations is called

Binet was asked to help find a way to distinguish slower students from more capable ones, and this led to Binet's development of

A potential danger of an intelligent person using only rational thinking is that

The incubation stage of creative thought

By counting the number of times you show fluency, flexibility, and originality, we could rate your creativity, or your capacity for _____ thinking.

Regarding intelligence, creativity, and wisdom, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A person defines the problem and identifies its most important dimensions during which stage of creative thought?

Measuring a person's score on an intelligence test relative to others taking the same test is called a

That people use fables and stories from their particular culture to solve new problems, such as using the Hansel and Gretel story to solve the cave problem in your textbook, illustrates the use of

Creative thinking skills

A student uses a Chinese fable about how villagers were able to weigh an elephant to solve the problem regarding how much gold would match a statue's weight without using a balance scale.The student is using

Which two noted psychologists studied how people make decisions in the face of uncertainty and found that human judgment is often seriously flawed?

A person's _____ is a good measure of that person's actual ability and is based on the level of age-ranked questions that s/he can answer.

An example of a cultural barrier to creative problem-solving would be

A quick, impulsive thought that does not typically make use of formal logic or clear reasoning describes

The _____ section of the Stanford-Binet asks subjects to correctly remember the order of colored beads seen, to repeat a series of digits forward and backward, and to name the last word in each sentence after hearing several sentences read.

Decision-making often can be influenced by _____, which refers to the way that a problem is stated or structured.

Introduction the Psychology

Extension A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension B: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension C: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension A: Brain and Behavior

Extension B: Brain and Behavior

Extension C: Brain and Behavior

Extension A: Human Development

Extension B: Human Development

Extension C: Human Development

Extension D: Human Development

Extension A: Sensation and Reality

Extension B: Sensation and Reality

Extension A: Perceiving the World

Extension B: Perceiving the World

Extension A: States of Consciousness

Extension B: States of Consciousness

Extension C: States of Consciousness

Extension D: States of Consciousness

Extension A: Conditioning and Learning

Extension B: Conditioning and Learning

Extension C: Conditioning and Learning

Extension A: Memory

Extension B: Memory

Extension C: Memory

Extension A: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension C: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension D: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension A: Motivation and Emotion

Extension B: Motivation and Emotion

Extension C: Motivation and Emotion

Extension D: Motivation and Emotion

Extension A: Gender and Sexuality

Extension B: Gender and Sexuality

Extension C: Gender and Sexuality

Extension A: Personality

Extension B: Personality

Extension C: Personality

Extension D: Personality

Extension A: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension B: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension C: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension A: Psychological Disorders

Extension B: Psychological Disorders

Extension C: Psychological Disorders

Extension D: Psychological Disorders

Extension A: Therapies

Extension B: Therapies

Extension C: Therapies

Extension D: Therapies

Extension A: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension B: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension C: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension A: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension B: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension C: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension A: Applied Psychology

Extension B: Applied Psychology

Extension C: Applied Psychology

Appendix A: Behavioral Statistics

Kris does poorly on factual tests in history and on the solution to math problems, but she excels on open-ended essays and thought questions.Kris is better at _ than she is at _.