Unit 2 Thinking and Problem Solving Practice

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Which of the following factors is the dependent variable in Dr. Meerdink's study on creativity throughout the day?
Morning,
Evening,
College students

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Creativity

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Raj, a four-year-old child, learned to open the door to a classroom by pulling on the handle. Now whenever he approaches any door he pulls on the handle and is confused when that does not work. This is best explained by Raj’s having developed which of the following for door opening?

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A mental set

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A prototype is best defined as

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the hypothetical 'most typical' instance of a category

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When Cory is given a logic problem to solve, he systematically tries every possible solution until he finds the correct answer. Cory’s strategy is to use

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an algorithm

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When confronted with the sequence “__N __” at the end of a word in a crossword puzzle, Tony inserts the letters “I” and “G” in the two blanks because that procedure has often led to the correct answer in previous puzzles. This example illustrates the use of

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a heuristic

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Creativity is most closely associated with which of the following? Convergent thinking, Divergent thinking, Interpersonal intelligence, Intrapersonal intelligence

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Divergent thinking

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On a fishing trip, Ed realizes that he has mistakenly packed the sewing box instead of the tackle box. He wants to fish but returns home because he does not have any line or hooks. Ed's failure to realize that sewing thread can be used as fishing line and that a bent needle can be used as a hook is an example of

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functional fixedness

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What memory concept explains why Rachel falsely encoded the books and failed to encode the skull after visiting her professor’s office? Options: Schemas, Association networks, Sensory memory, Context effects

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Schemas

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A problem-solving strategy that is thorough but often inefficient when it is used by humans is an example of which of the following concepts?

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an algorithm

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Jordan learns a trick to solve one particular type of math problem. He then uses the same trick to solve other types of math problems, even though it does not work and he keeps getting the wrong answer. Jordan’s use of the trick is an example of

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a mental set