Thinking & Intelligence

Question 1

While washing dishes at home, Mary suddenly stumbled upon the answer to a math problem at school. She informed her teacher that the answer suddenly occurred to her out of nowhere. This experience is an example of___

Answer 1

an insight.

Question 1

What is thinking

Answer 1

Mental activity that involves processing, organizing, understanding, and communicating information

Question 2

On a hot summer afternoon, Ali was craving a mango, his favorite fruit. Although there was a tree full of mangoes in his garden, Ali could not find a ladder to reach one. He then took off his slipper and used it to knock down a close-hanging mango. What has Ali overcome by using his slipper to bring down the mango?

Answer 2

Confirmation Fixedness

Question 3

Chan read in a magazine that blue light can damage his eyes and immediately bought blue light filter glasses from a nearby store. To be sure of his purchase, Chan talked to his friends from the field of medicine. Although his friends had mixed opinions, Chan focused only on the feedback that supported his belief that blue light filter glasses were indeed effective. This is an example of____

Answer 3

Confirmation Bias

Question 4

In Gardner’s view, effective counseling psychologists and managers would likely be high in_____ intelligence.

Answer 4

Interpersonal

Question 5

According to Sternberg, intelligence comprises analytical, creative, and ____ aspects.

Answer 5

Practical

Question 6

The categorization of objects that share common properties is called____

Answer 6

Concepts

Question 7

The representations in the mind of an object or event is called____

Answer 7

Mental Images

Question 8

When you ask your friend how best to study for the psychology final, he tells you, “I’ve always found it better to skim over the notes once, then read the book, then go over the notes again”. What decision-making tool might this be an example of?

Answer 8

Heuristic

Question 9

Generating unusual but appropriate approaches to a question is known as divergent thinking.
True or False

Answer 9

True

Question 10

A broader, related tendency to approach a problem in a certain way, because that method worked previously, is known as a _____

Answer 10

Mental set

Question 11

What is a good way to encourage divergent, creative thinking?

Answer 11

Go for a walk or engage in some other automatic activity.