Johannes Gutenberg,
creator of the printing press, realized while at a wine harvest that the mechanical pressure used to crush grapes could also be used to imprint letters on paper, which illustrates that incubation is especially fruitful when you
a. are exposed to external cues that relate to the problem.
b. are allowed time to "thinslice" possible solutions.
c. develop a prototype through convergent thinking.
d. can create mental sets from external cues.
ANSWER: a
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A. gender identity B. societal norm C. peer pressure D. feared self
) Of the four outcomes people can have after exposure to trauma, which is the most prevalent, according to Bonanno?
a. chronic b. delayed c. recovery d. resilience
Extrinsic motivation in the form of increased salaries and bonuses tend to increase
a. the quality of the employees' work. b. the likelihood of the employees solving problems and coming up with innovative ideas. c. the amount of work done. d. all of these.
Memory aids are one kind of
A. mental prop. B. metamemory. C. mnemonic strategy. D. encoding device.