The corpus callosum is:
a. the section of the brain responsible for creative thinking.
b. a thick branch of nerves that serves as a communication system between the two hemispheres of the brain. c. the section of the brain responsible for convergent thinking.
d. the part of the brain that facilitates differential functioning.
Question 2Lateral thinking is defined as:
a. multidimensional processing.
b. learning more about a specific subject.
c. a way of using your mind that leads to creative thinking. d. arriving at one accepted answer to a problem.
Question 3Which of the following is an example of flexible thinking?
a. having many ideas of solutions
b. having unique and unusual ideas c. adding details to ideas
d. having different ideas that cross categories and break boundaries
Question 4Which of the following is a teaching strategy to support right-brain thinking?
a. outlines of the information to be learned b. lecture and discussion
c. manipulatives
d. prepared time schedules
Question 5Schools that do not value creativity are set up to support:
a. left-brain functions.
b. right-brain functions.
c. connections between the hemispheres.
d. divergent thinking.
Question 6A teacher asks a group of young children to consider what would happen if refrigerators ate the food we store inside them. The teacher is encouraging what type of thinking?
a. fluency
b. flexibility
c. originality
d. elaboration
Question 7A teacher asks a group of young children to think of different ways to describe the class's pet gerbil. The teacher is encouraging what type of thinking?
a. fluency
b. flexibility
c. originality
d. elaboration
Question 8A teacher asks a group of young children to think of ways they could make their favorite toy even better. The teacher is encouraging what type of thinking?
a. fluency
b. flexibility
c. originality
d. elaboration
Question 9Which of the following activities, introduced after reading a story in class, would most encourage creative thinking in young children?
a. creating their own ending to the story
b. drawing a picture of their favorite part of the story c. describing the setting and characters of the story
d. identifying the author and illustrator of the story
Question 10Teachers can facilitate the creative thinking of young children by:
a. providing technology-based materials in the classroom. b. including daily creativity lessons in the curriculum.
c. providing information on right and wrong answers.
d. integrating, modeling, and valuing creative thinking in all parts of the curriculum.