In the movie Apollo 13, astronauts aboard a damaged spacecraft have to build a carbon dioxide filter out of random items that are aboard the ship with them. If they do not, they will all die rapidly of carbon dioxide poisoning. The fact that they are able to do so with the help of experts on Earth is similar to the _________________ approach developed by Ronald Finke.

A. convergent thinking
B. creative cognition
C. divergent thinking
D. the means-end analysis


Answer: C

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Classical conditioning is best described as learning by

a. trial and error. b. association. c. stimulus response. d. insight. e. observation.

Psychology

In signal detection research, signals of various intensities are presented in the presence of constant noise, and the participant must determine if the signal was presented or not. Each decision can be classified into one of _____ categories.

A) 2 B) 4 C) 50 D) 100

Psychology

Sexuality is studied only by sexologists

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

Which of the following best characterizes Levallois tools?

a. They were simple tools, made from chipping larger stones. b. They were developed as hunting tools about 750,000 years ago. c. They were made from naturally occurring metal. d. They were broad, flat tools that could be used immediately after they were made.

Psychology