Exam 26: Storage: Retaining Information

In tests,elephants have demonstrated

Which of the following is NOT a component of creativity as described by Robert Sternberg?

Our intuitions are feelings and thoughts that are best described as

Nathan does not realize that he can reach his office faster by taking several side roads because he has always used the highway without any problems.Nathan is suffering from

You are the commissioner of a state lottery system that sponsors daily and weekly drawings.Lottery tickets have not been selling well over the past few months.Describe four ways you could take advantage of people's use of the availability heuristic to boost sales.Explain why you would judge your tactics to be fair or unfair to your customers.

A single,memorable case of welfare fraud can have a greater impact on people's estimates of welfare abuse than do statistics showing that this case is actually the exception to the rule.This illustrates that judgments are influenced by

Describe several heuristics that you might use or that you have used when deciding whether you should (a)study especially hard for a test and (b)ask someone for a date (or accept a date).Under what circumstances are these heuristics likely to contribute to poor decision making?

The components associated with creativity include

Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls,Mrs.Zumpano,a second-grade teacher,watches boys more closely than she watches girls for any signs of misbehavior.Mrs.Zumpano's surveillance strategy best illustrates

Many people underestimate the proportion of heart attacks that are not fatal because they are not as memorable as heart attacks resulting in death.This illustrates the shortcoming of relying on

Myra has such low self-esteem that she is often on the lookout for critical comments about her appearance and personality.Myra's behavior best illustrates the dangers of

An effort to "consider the opposite" would be most likely to inhibit

Brandon has formed a(n)________ by mentally grouping all cars together.

Unlike the use of algorithms or heuristics,insight does not involve

The use of heuristics rather than algorithms is most likely to

Convergent thinking involves

Creativity is the ability to

Psychologist Wolfgang Köhler placed a piece of fruit and a long stick outside chimpanzee Sultan's cage.Inside the cage he placed a short stick.After gaining insight into the solution of the problem,Sultan used

Five components of creativity were identified by ________ and his colleagues.

Cognition refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking,remembering,knowing,and