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11) Frank was supposed to push three wheelbarrows back to the barn, and he wasn’t relishing the idea of three trips. Then in a flash he reorganized the problem. He loaded two wheelbarrows onto the third and made one trip. In doing this, he demonstrated
A) flexibility.
B) functional fixedness.
C) insight.
D) response set.
12) Gloria thinks about the solution to a problem regarding welfare in her American Problems course. She asks herself what she needs to know in order to solve the problem. She tries to think about the problem in different and, possibly, creative ways. She is then able to clarify the problem and propose a potentially useful solution. The aspect of problem solving that Gloria’s strategy exemplifies is
A) flexibility.
B) functional fixedness.
C) response set.
D) transfer.
13) Studies of expertise have discovered that chess masters are superior to nonexpert players in
A) conscious analytical thought.
B) domain knowledge.
C) random chess pattern recognition.
D) recognition of meaningful chess patterns.
14) Creativity is thought to be associated directly with what type of thinking?
A) Convergent
B) Deductive reasoning
C) Divergent thinking
D) Intuitive
15) Michael was asked to devise as many uses for a brick as he could. After taking the assignment home to work on further, he came up with over 30 ideas, many of which were not proposed by any other student. All of Michael’s ideas dealt with using a brick to break things. In what aspect of creativity proposed by Torrence is Michael lacking?
A) Flexibility
B) Fluency
C) Incubation
D) Originality
16) Ms. Cricket gave a creative writing assignment on today’s film. She allows 10 minutes today and 10 minutes tomorrow to work on it. What component of the creative process is she fostering?
A) Automaticity
B) Elaboration
C) Flexibility
D) Restructuring
17) Which one of the following people illustrates the best example of creative behavior?
A) Billy uses and established method to solve an algebraic equation on a test.
B) Calita uses an encyclopedia to find the significance of the date July 4, 1776.
C) Jack pours a solution of acid into a breaker of water in the chemistry lab.
D) Sheryl generates a list of solutions for the recycling problem.
18) In order to encourage student creativity, teachers are advised to
A) enhance each student’s reliance on authorities for response accuracy.
B) promote convergent thinking and problem-solving skills.
C) reinforce unusual solutions, even if the product is not perfect.
D) work on increasing the speed with which students can identify solutions to problems.
19) Expert teachers don’t have to think as hard as beginning teachers due to an ability to
A) access short-term memory.
B) memorize many details.
C) recognize patterns in problems.
D) use logical reasoning.
20) Ms. Cricket gave a creative writing assignment on today’s film. She allows 10 minutes today and 10 minutes tomorrow to work on it. What component of the creative process is she fostering?
A) Automaticity
B) Elaboration
C) Flexibility
D) Restructuring
