Which of the following questions would be more likely to produce divergent thinking?
a) "What is a stapler?"
b) "How do you spell stapler?"
c) "How many uses can you think of for a stapler?"
d) "What does a stapler look like?"
ANS: C, "How many uses can you think of for a stapler?" will produce the most divergent thinking because there are many possible answers.
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