A group of businessmen and women get
together to try to solve the problem of decreased sales of their company's products. One of them suggests that they generate as many ideas as they can in a short period of time without being critical of any of them. This technique of stimulating divergent thinking is called ________.
a) brainstorming
b) keeping a journal
c) free writing
d) mind or subject mapping
ANS: a
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Susan just lost her husband and two daughters in a tragic automobile accident
Because they had no life insurance, Susan began experiencing major financial problems and eventually lost her house. Consequently, she and her son had to move to a small apartment. Just as she thought her life was beginning to feel somewhat stable, the company she worked for announced that they were filing for bankruptcy and all of the employees would lose their jobs within the next month. The period of time from the car accident to the loss of her job was about 7 months. Based on research regarding the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), Susan is at risk to _____ a) spiral into an unrelenting depression and start drinking alcohol to cope with her losses. b) develop a smoking habit. c) develop a major health problem within the next two years. d) find a way to overcome her life circumstances.
If an emotional picture is presented after an item the subject tried to recall, as in the Finn and Roediger (2011) study, then memory for those items will be __________
a. impaired due to increased effort b. improved due to increased effort c. impaired during reconsolidation d. improved during reconsolidation