Exam 9: Thinking

Which of the following characteristics of creativity is most likely to be cited by those who have experienced creative solutions?

"All cats are remarkable. All remarkable things should be indulged. Therefore all cats should be indulged." This is an example of a(n) __________.

Which of the following most likely makes use of heuristics?

Subjects are given an unfamiliar map with several points highlighted and are asked to study it. Later, without looking at the map, they are asked to picture an object moving from one of the highlighted points to another. What will the results of this test most likely show?

The Roman numeral X is an example of a(n) __________ representation.

Research shows that people were better able to solve a thought problem about the removal of a tumor after they had read a story concerning a fortress. This problem illustrates what, exactly, about problem solving?

A TV satellite weather map that shows cloud cover and the outlines of bodies of water could be called a(n) __________ representation.

Dr. Calhoun states that the goal of decision making is to maximize utility; Dr. Dasgupta responds that the goal is to produce decisions we can live with and defend. Dr. Calhoun is like a(n) __________. Dr. Dasgupta is probably a(n) __________.

"You always clam up when I ask you what's wrong," Iris tells her boyfriend. Iris is probably making this frequency judgment because she can remember a few times that her boyfriend wouldn't tell her what was bothering him. Iris is using the __________ heuristic.

Research on framing indicates that people are most likely to __________.

Ultimately, the main advantage of the problem-solving strategy of __________ is that it specifies __________, which identify the specific actions necessary to solve the problem.

Content is to process as __________ is to __________.

Which definition of the term to think is most interesting to psychologists who study directed thinking?

Research participants are asked to judge whether or not a string of letters forms a word in English. They are first given the string CABBAGE. According to research on spreading activation, which of the subsequent strings will take the least time to be judged to be a real word?

Noreen is turning over a card with a large "5" on it to make sure there isn't a vowel on the other side. Noreen is taking part in a research study of __________.

Restructuring is __________.

Which of the following general statements best summarizes human performance on thinking tasks overall?

The term incubation refers to __________.

There are two main states that exist in problem solving: the __________ state and the __________ state.

Research indicates that __________.