Question 1

Functional fixedness would be LOWEST for a(n)

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A)  novel object.
B)  familiar object.
C)  frequently used object.
D)  object with a specific function.

Question 2

In its discussion of expertise and problem solving,your text identifies the kind of scientists who are most likely to make revolutionary discoveries in their fields.This particular discussion suggests thatmay be more important thanin creative thinking.

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A)  experience;structure
B)  structure;experience
C)  flexibility;experience
D)  experience;flexibility

Question 3

Expertsthan novices.

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A)  spend less time analyzing problems
B)  are better at reasoning in general
C)  are more likely to be open to new ways of looking at problems
D)  take a more effective approach to organizing the solution to a problem

Question 4

The typical purpose of subgoals is to

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A)  solve insight problems.
B)  move the solver directly from the initial state to the goal state.
C)  bring the problem solver closer and closer to the goal state.
D)  avoid the need to perform means-end analysis.

Question 5

Kaplan and Simon's experiment presented different versions of the mutilated checkerboard problem.The main purpose of their experiment was to demonstrate that

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A)  people arrive at the solution to an insight problem suddenly,but proceed more methodically towards the solution of a non-insight problem.
B)  a person's mental set can hinder finding a solution to a problem.
C)  people often have to backtrack within the problem space to arrive at an answer to a problem.
D)  the way the problem is represented can influence the ease of problem solving.

Question 6

Which of the following is not part of a complete definition of a problem?

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A)  Is difficult
B)  Involves obstacles between one's current state and a desired goal
C)  Has one correct answer
D)  The solution is not obvious

Question 7

Illustrative of functional fixedness,people are more likely to solve the candle problem if

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A)  fewer tacks are provided.
B)  pliers are also presented.
C)  the box is empty.
D)  the candle is already lit.

Question 8

Your textbook suggests that a trait that appears to be common to both mental illness and creativity is.

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A)  low pressure tolerance
B)  high levels of neuroticism
C)  low capacity for divergent thinking
D)  latent inhibition D

Question 9

identified people's tendency to focus on a specific characteristic of a problem that keeps them from arriving at a solution as a major obstacle to successful problem solving.

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A)  Information processing psychologists
B)  Gestalt psychologists
C)  Psychophysicists
D)  The analogical problem solving approach

Question 10

When the process of analogical problem solving was applied to the fortress and radiation problems,which of the following represented the mapping step of this process?

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A)  Likening the dangerous mines to the dangerous tumor
B)  Developing schemas for each individual problem
C)  Connecting the fortress with the tumor
D)  Generalizing from groups of soldiers to using many rays to solve the problem

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Describe the three steps involved in analogical problem solving.Which step is the most difficult to achieve,and what is the evidence that this is the most difficult step?

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Question 12

Define and give examples of divergent thinking.How does this relate to creativity?

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Question 13

Gestalt psychologists consider problem solving as a process involving

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A)  reorganization or restructuring.
B)  multiple goal states.
C)  sensory operators.
D)  continuity and form.

Question 14

Describe the Gestalt approach to problem solving and provide an example.

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Question 15

Intermediate states can be created by

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A)  restructuring initial states.
B)  restructuring goal states.
C)  creating operators.
D)  creating subgoals.

Question 16

Ali works for Citrus Squeeze,a company that makes orange juice.Sales of their calcium-enhanced OJ have been poor,and the product was cancelled.His factory still had three cases of cartons,and Ali was told he could take them if he wanted them.With the cartons,Ali made several birdfeeders for his backyard and also planted tree seedlings in some of them;he used the remaining ones to build a "fort" for his four-year-old son.Ali's use of the cartons represents

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A)  convergent thinking.
B)  divergent thinking.
C)  insight.
D)  hierarchical organization.

Question 17

In analogical problem solving,theproblem is the problem that an individual is trying to solve,and the
Problem,which has been solved in the past,is used as a guide for reaching that solution..

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A)  source;target
B)  target;source
C)  prototype;target
D)  exemplar;source B

Question 18

The elements of the problem space include all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  initial state.
B)  operators.
C)  goal state.
D)  intermediate states.

Question 19

In the two-string problem,tying the pliers to one of the strings best represents a(n) state.

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A)  functional fixedness
B)  goal
C)  intermediate
D)  initial C

Question 20

Which of the following is not true about divergent thinking?

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A)  It is open-ended.
B)  It has a large number of potential solutions.
C)  It is the cornerstone of creativity
D)  It has a single correct answer.

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Illustrative of functional fixedness,people are more likely to solve the candle problem if

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