Thinking: Exploring Mental Life 135
ANSWERS TO THE SELF-TEST
1-d 2-d 3-a 4-c 5-b 6-c 7-c 8-a 9-d 10-b
ANSWERS TO THE TRUE-OR-FALSE PREVIEW QUIZ
- True.
- True.
- False. Heuristic approaches employ principles, rules-of-thumb, and insights to solve
problems. - False. It iscorrect that functional fixedness is a type of mental set. However, functional
fixedness exists when there is a need to use a tool or familiar object in a novel way and
one can’t perceive the novel way. Consequently, such fixedness interferes with solving
a problem. - False. The core feature of the creative process is divergent thinking.
KEY TERMS
algorithm
analogy
appeal to authority
arguing in circles
attack on character
concept
conjunctive concept
convergent thinking
deductive reasoning
definition of the problem
disjunctive concept
divergent thinking
false analogy
false assumption
flexibility
functional fixedness
hasty generalization
heuristic approaches
illumination
incubation
inductive reasoning
logical thinking
means-end analysis
mental set
metathought
negative exemplar
originality
overgeneralization
paleological thought
positive exemplar
predicate thinking
preparation
productive thinking
productivity
rational thought
relational concept
symbol
thinking
verification