M34 Reading Check

The mental activity associated with remembering, thinking, and knowing is called...

• cognition.

• a concept.

• a prototype.

• convergent thinking.

• divergent thinking.

Which of the following refers to the narrowing of available problem solutions with the goal of determining the best solution?

• allowing for incubation

• divergent thinking

• developing expertise

• convergent thinking

• experiencing other cultures

Producing valuable and novel ideas best defines which of the following?

• prototyping

• cognition

• intrinsic motivation

• venturesome personality

• creativity

When asked to think of a bird, many people think of a robin. In this case, a robin is people's ____ for a bird.

• prototype

• concept

• creative idea

• convergent grouping

• cognition

Compared to convergent thinker, to solve a problem, divergent thinkers are more likely to...

• process information to arrive at the single best answer.

• think creatively and generate multiple answers.

• problem solve in a systematic step-by-step fashion

• frequently suffer from functional fixedness.

• use algorithms rather than heuristics to arrive at a solution.

In order of increasing complexity, the units of thoughts are...

• concepts, images, and words.

• prototypes, images, symbols, concepts, and rules.

• concepts, insights, and words.

• cognition, images, prototypes, concepts, and phonemes.

• images, symbols, concepts, prototypes, and rules.

Your teacher asks how many uses you can think of for a pencil. She is testing your...

• convergent thinking.

• intrinsic motivation.

• divergent thinking.

• prototypes.

• concept.

Your friend complains that they wish they could be as creative as you are. You respond that they should try... Identify 3 pieces of advice you might give them.