Ch. 14

Question 1

Explores extreme values of variables.

Answer 1

Boundary stretching

Question 2

Has one think about the problem form another person’s point of view.

Answer 2

Change perspective

Question 3

Alternative generation is often associated with what?

Answer 3

Creativity or imagination

Question 4

Ask subjects to perform a task that require creative thinking.

Answer 4

Performance tests

Question 5

Employs similarity-driven searches of memory.

Answer 5

Analogy

Question 6

They are good or meritorious according to certain criteria, which vary from one field of practice to another.

Answer 6

Value

Question 7

Analytical devices that deal with parts of the problem.

Answer 7

Task-focused strategies

Question 8

One conceives of states in which reality constraints don’t apply.

Answer 8

Fantasy

Question 9

Modifies and improves previously generated ideas.

Answer 9

Development strategies

Question 10

Viewing the problem in more fundamental terms.

Answer 10

Abstraction

Question 11

Rely on directed retrieval of information from memory.

Answer 11

Search strategies

Question 12

Combines alternatives into better solutions.

Answer 12

Integration

Question 13

Exploits the mind’s ability to move from one idea to another.

Answer 13

Association

Question 14

They are new, different, or unique.

Answer 14

Originality

Question 15

Used group ideation methods, these devices rely on interpersonal interaction.

Answer 15

Interpersonal strategies

Question 16

One tries to identify relationships between two or more things that have important implications for the problem.

Answer 16

Relationship-seeking strategies

Question 17

Ask subjects to describe themselves in terms of characteristics often associated with creative people.

Answer 17

Self-assessment tests

Question 18

Require one to imagine elaborate unrealistic states or scenarios.

Answer 18

Imagination-based strategies

Question 19

Requires people to imaginatively become a non-human part of the problem.

Answer 19

Identification

Question 20

Demonstrate the value of focused, convergent thinking.

Answer 20

Analytical strategies

Question 21

Alters the structure of a situation by rearranging its parts.

Answer 21

Rearrangement

Question 22

Is typified by brainstorming methods.

Answer 22

Group interaction

Question 23

has people ideate by themselves, before sharing the results in order to reduce inhibitions, distractions, and channeling efforts of other people’s ideas.

Answer 23

Nominal group strategy

Question 24

Often thought of as a free-flying, divergent, associative process that shouldn’t be constrained by mundane realities.

Answer 24

Alternative Generation

Question 25

Asks people to assume the opposite of their normal beliefs.

Answer 25

Negation

Question 26

Try to break the mind out of its normal response pattern.

Answer 26

Habit-breaking strategies