Exam 9: Complex Cognitive Processes

The students in Mr. Walker's class are engaged in a creative activity designed to help them become effective problem solvers. Mr. Walker held up a large rubber band and told students to list as many ways to use the rubber band as possible. He is giving them 90 seconds to create their lists. How is this activity most likely intended to increase students' problem-solving effectiveness?

Carrie is preparing her school lunch and sees leftovers in the refrigerator. She doesn't remember when her mom cooked the meal, so it may not have been very recently. She's running late and needs to make a quick decision. She says to herself, "When in doubt, throw it out" and chooses something else. What problem-solving method is she using?

Which one of the following people illustrates the best example of creative behaviour?

Ray learned about divergent rays in physics class when he was studying the effects of lenses. Later, in his psychology class, he immediately understood the concept of "divergent thinking." What learning experience did Ray have?

Dividing a problem into a number of intermediate goals and then identifying a means of solving each subgoal is called ________.

A student who breaks down a task into several intermediate goals is using a ___________ approach to solving a problem.

What is a common problem with students using underlining or highlighting that teachers should be aware of?

Researchers have found that exposing individuals to other cultures may increase their creativity.

Expert teachers don't have to think as hard as beginning teachers due to an ability to

Production deficiencies are best described by

What does the term "cognitively engage" mean?

A heuristic in which solutions are limited to those that have something in common with the problem one is currently working on is ________ thinking.

What is the "CAPS" strategy best used for?

An exhaustive, step-by-step approach for solving a problem, in which a solution is virtually guaranteed is a(n) ________.

Learning Latin to improve basic intelligence would possibly be inefficient due to

Which statement concerning the superior capabilities of experts is FALSE?

Morris is studying for a vocabulary test. He knows that he needs to stay focused rather than multitasking. He knows he will take longer and spend more time revisiting the words if he texts friends and checks email. What kind of metacognitive knowledge does Morris demonstrate about himself as a learner?

Functional fixedness is a strategy for using an object in an unconventional way.

Functional fixedness and response set are inappropriate strategies in dealing with new problems and are examples of negative _________.

Michael was asked to devise as many uses for a brick as he could. After taking the assignment home to work on further, he came up with over 30 ideas, many of which were not proposed by any other student. All of Michael's ideas dealt with using a brick to break things. In what aspect of creativity proposed by Torrence is Michael lacking?