Deck 3: Improving Your Thinking Skills

Question 1

Evaluating the tradeoffs in a solution means:

A) weighing the solution's pros and cons
B) testing the solution using trial and error
C) knowing what your objectives are
D) thinking of as many alternatives as you can

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A reactive approach to problem solving is essentially negative.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Memories from childhood are stored in sensory memory.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to stop thinking about it.

Question 5

About how many items of information can be held in short-term memory at one time?

A) one
B) seven
C) twenty-five
D) thousands

Question 6

The five steps of the PrOACT approach to problem solving are Problem, Objectives, ____________________, Consequences, and Trade-offs.

Question 7

When you learn something new, you make new connections among the ____________________ in your brain.

Question 8

The premises and conclusions of sound deductive reasoning are generally:

A) facts
B) opinions
C) theories
D) orders

Question 9

In ____________________ reasoning, the conclusion is always true if the premises are true.

Question 10

Which creative thinking technique is used in a group?

A) mindstorming
B) back-burner thinking
C) associative thinking
D) brainstorming

Question 11

The peg word method and the method of loci are examples of:

A) mnemonic devices
B) inductive reasoning
C) brainstorming techniques
D) associative thinking

Question 12

Short-term memory usually doesn't last more than twenty ____________________.

Question 13

Which of the following takes a visual approach to thinking?

A) deductive reasoning
B) back-burner thinking
C) mind-mapping
D) brainstorming

Question 14

Which mode of thinking is least common in our society?

A) analytic
B) verbal
C) sequential
D) creative

Question 15

In which type of reasoning is the conclusion probably true?

A) deductive
B) inductive
C) conductive
D) reductive

Question 16

Mnemonics can be used to improve:

A) sensory memory
B) short-term memory
C) long-term memory
D) neurotransmitters

Question 17

There is a strong relationship between creativity and intelligence.

Question 18

To jump start your creativity, use ____________________ thinking: let your mind wander to get fresh insight.

Question 19

What is the first stage of memory?

A) sensory memory
B) short-term memory
C) long-term memory
D) neurotransmitters

Question 20

Organization can help both your short-term and your long-term memory.