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

Which of the following processes separates creative thinking from noncreative thinking?

_____ can channel us down a narrow path so we attend to only part of the information provided, rather than weighing all the pros and cons.

A prerequisite for creativity seems to be

In an example from your textbook, subjects were exposed to the following problem: A $5 bill is placed on a table and a stack of objects is balanced precariously on top of the bill.The problem is to remove the $5 bill without touching or moving any of the objects on top of it.The best solution to this problem involves tearing the money.People who fail to solve this problem because they were taught that it is "taboo" to destroy "things of value" are probably experiencing a(n) _____ barrier to problem-solving.

Fluency, flexibility, and originality would be LEAST characteristic of which type of thought?

The preparation stage of creative thought is the stage at which

Wisdom involves which of the following characteristics?

Because psychology students tend to define "negative" as "bad," students often incorrectly define "negative reinforcement" as a punishment.This illustrates the _____ barrier to problem-solving.

Usually, the _____ way of framing or stating a problem produces the best decisions.

Functional fixedness, or conventions about uses or meanings, fall under the category of _____ barriers to problem solving.

In making decisions, the intuitive error called representativeness means that

Suzy is taking the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition and is asked this question, "I knew my bag was going to be in the last place I looked, so I looked there first.What is silly or impossible about that?" This question is measuring Suzy's

Fixedness is related to which of Sternberg and Davidson's abilities involved in insight?

IQ may be defined as

If a test question asks you to name the most common use for a pencil, you would use _____ thinking to derive the correct answer, while _____ thinking would be used to derive as many uses for a pencil as you could think about.

One of the most important barriers to problem-solving that involves the tendency to get "hung up" on wrong solutions or become blind to alternatives is called

The _____ is the tendency to select wrong answers because they seem to match pre-existing mental categories.

The way a question is stated before problem-solving begins is known as

Rapid insight, or the "Aha! Experience," occurs during which stage of creative thinking?

Humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow believed that we must _____ to make full use of our potentials.