A seemingly arbitrary flash "out of the blue," where the solution to a problem suddenly becomes apparent to you, but you do not consciously know how you "figured it out," is called ________
a. brainstorming
b. a mental set
c. insight
d. priming
Answer: c
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Before age 3, most children are unable to effectively demonstrate __________ speech.
A. pragmatic B. private C. egocentric D. social
After watching cartoons embedded with food advertisements, children eat approximately __________ than they do when watching cartoons without food advertisements.
A. 15 percent more B. 20 percent less C. 45 percent more D. 50 percent less
Donna comes to counseling because she thinks that she has obsessive compulsive disorder. She has numerous obsessive thoughts. One of these thoughts is that she has left the coffee-maker on in her apartment and that it will start a fire that will burn the building down. The coffee-maker worry results in her returning to her apartment 3 or 4 times each morning, and she is often late to work. Donna’s solution-focused therapy counselor, Bob, wonders aloud if she is sensitive to detail, routine and order. Bob has _________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Small birds generally eat ____
a. as much as they can at one time b. only what they need at the moment c. three discrete meals per day d. mostly during the night