Module 2.2a - Creativity

To find the best route to work, Vlad identified all routes and eliminated options one-by-one. Which of the following did Vlad use?

• Incubation

• Divergent thinking

• Expertise

• Convergent thinking

When asked to think of a ball, Carlos quickly thought of images of baseballs, basketballs, and footballs. Which psychological concept best applies to this scenario?

• Prototypes

• Convergent thinking

• Creativity

• Venturesome personality

Dr. Yamlak discovered that there was only a 3 percent chance of error in his finding that people who produce new and valuable ideas also tend to earn more money. Which of the following statements provides the most accurate interpretation of these results?

• Dr. Yamlak’s result that creativity relates to income is statistically significant.

• Dr. Yamlak’s result that convergent thinking relates to income is statistically significant.

• Dr. Yamlak’s result that creativity relates to income is not statistically significant.

• Dr. Yamlak’s result that accommodation relates to income is not statistically significant.

Your teacher asks how many uses you can think of for a pencil. She is testing your

• convergent thinking.

• intrinsic motivation.

• divergent thinking.

• prototypes.

Dr. Jablonski conducted a study in which she measured the amount of time it took for participants to categorize one of two actions as discrimination: (1) failing to hire someone who appeared to be White or (2) failing to hire someone who appeared to be Black. The median amount of time it took participants to categorize action 1 as discrimination was 3 seconds, and the median amount of time it took participants to categorize action 2 as discrimination was 1 second.

Which psychological concept is Dr. Jablonski most likely interested in measuring in this scenario?

• Creativity

• Prototypes

• Divergent thinking

• Convergent thinking

Dr. Jablonski conducted a study in which she measured the amount of time it took for participants to categorize one of two actions as discrimination: (1) failing to hire someone who appeared to be White or (2) failing to hire someone who appeared to be Black. The median amount of time it took participants to categorize action 1 as discrimination was 3 seconds, and the median amount of time it took participants to categorize action 2 as discrimination was 1 second.

Which of the following provides the most accurate interpretation of the medians in the scenario?

• The average amount of time it took participants to identify action 1 as discrimination was longer than the average amount of time it took participants to identify action 2 as discrimination.

• The middle number in a list of times for identifying action 1 as discrimination was larger than the middle number in a list of times for identifying action 2 as discrimination.

• Three seconds was the most common time it took for participants to identify action 1 as discrimination, while 1 second was the most common time it took participants to identify action 2 as discrimination.

• There were 3 seconds of spread in the data for identifying action 1 as discrimination, while there was 1 second of spread in the data for identifying action 2 as discrimination.