When given routine problems to solve, problem solvers _____ before they have even tried to solve it. ...

When given routine problems to solve, problem solvers _____ before they have even tried to solve it.

a. underestimate their likelihood of success
b. are accurate in their estimates of their likely success
c. moderately overestimate their likelihood of success
d. moderately overestimate their likelihood of success

Ques. 2

According to Wertheimer, ____ thinking is based on existing associations involving what is already known.

a. reproductive
b. productive
c. convergent
d. divergent

Ques. 3

____ involves insights that go beyond the bounds of existing associations.

a. Convergent thinking
b. Positive transfer
c. Reproductive thinking
d. Productive thinking

Ques. 4

According to ____ psychologists, insight problems require problem solvers to perceive the problem as a whole, rather than perceiving the problem as a collection of independent parts.

a. Gestalt
b. information processing
c. structural
d. behavioral

Ques. 5

Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Khler were two respected _____ psychologists who made important contributions in the area of insightful thinking.

a. psychometric
b. information processing
c. Gestalt
d. structural

Ques. 6

____ refers to a seemingly sudden understanding of the nature of something, often as a result of taking a novel approach to the problem.

a. Insight
b. Creativity
c. Incubation
d. Deduction

Ques. 7

The problem of recognizing isomorphisms across varying contexts is one of ____.

a. monitoring
b. problem representation
c. generating solutions
d. evaluation

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