Who would MOST likely do the BEST job of playing a game in which the goal was to list as many novel ways to use a banana as possible?
A. Apa, who is a very good divergent thinker.
B. Phurba, who is a very good convergent thinker.
C. Lhakpa, who is a preoperational thinker.
D. Edmund, who is a concrete operational thinker.
Answer: A
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a. People have an instinctive need to resist taking orders from a leader. b. Some individuals are, by instinct, born to take the role of the leader. c. Leadership enhances the evolutionary fitness of individuals by increasing their group’s effectiveness. d. Leadership has always been, and always will be, a part of human nature.
Concept formation refers to
a. the organization of phonemes and morphemes into meaningful thoughts. b. the application of transformation rules to basic sentences. c. inductive thinking as opposed to deductive thinking. d. the process of classifying information into meaningful categories.
Cognitive behaviour therapy is an effective treatment for depression because….
A. Cognitive change occurs first, and leads to an improvement in mood B. An improvement in mood occurs first, and this leads to a change in cognition C. Patients imitate the therapist’s cognitive style, and this leads to an improvement in mood D. It prevents people from experiencing negative mood ever again
Children gain increasing conscious control over their problem solving, as reflected by children being able to think about the contents of their own thoughts, which is called
a. reflection. c. introspection. b. executive functioning. d. self-concept.