Exam 8: B: Cognition,language,and Creativity

A truck gets stuck under a bridge.Several tow trucks are unable to pull it out.At last a little boy walks up and asks the red-faced adults trying to free the truck why they haven't let the air out of the truck's tires.Their oversight was due to

Regarding effective problem-solving,which of the following is NOT a heuristic strategy?

Insight tends to be based on

Thinking in which many possibilities are developed from one starting place is called __________ thinking.

Thought that is intuitive,haphazard,associative,or personal is termed __________ thought.

Going from general principles to specific situations is called __________ thought.

William has been working diligently on an engineering project,but he has gotten to the point that he sees no way to a viable solution.So,he sets aside the problem and works on another project.By setting aside the problem,William is allowing problem-solving to proceed on a subconscious level.This stage of creative thinking is known as

Thinking in which a general rule or principle is gathered from a series of specific examples,for example,inferring the laws of gravity by observing many falling objects,is referred to as __________ thought.

The stages of creative thinking include: orientation,preparation,incubation,illumination,and

Many of history's renowned artists,writers,poets,and composers,including Vincent Van Gogh,Edgar Allan Poe,Emily Dickinson,and Ernest Hemmingway most likely suffered from

Thought that is based on emotion rather than reasoning would be considered __________ thought.

On tests of creativity,the number of different types of solutions produced indicates one's

Kris does poorly on factual multiple-choice tests in history and psychology.Kris is having trouble on tests that measure

Malcolm Gladwell,in his book Blink,usually refers to our immediate,intuitive reactions to short segments of experience as

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

Which of the following 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?

Which of the following differentiates insightful solutions from other forms of problem-solving?

You are asked,"Erica is shorter than Zoey but taller than Carlo,and Carlo is taller than Jared.Who is the second tallest?" To solve this problem,you must use __________ thinking.

If asked,"Which is more probable? A.Number one ranked golfer Luke Donald will not be in the lead after the first round of golf of a tournament but will win the tournament.B.Number one ranked golfer Luke Donald will not be in the lead after the first round of golf of a tournament." Most people would answer A,although A is less likely to be true than B.According to Tversky and Kahneman,such faulty conclusions are based on

According to Psychologist Janet Davidson,a person who is able to bring together seemingly unrelated bits of information to solve a problem is good at