One of Your Professors Has Assigned a Small-Group Term Paper

question 44

Multiple Choice

One of your professors has assigned a small-group term paper that needs to be completed by the end of the semester. The professor has allowed each group to select their own topic. During the early stages, when your group is first trying to think of potential topics, it would be best to have group members who were skilled in

• A) convergent thinking.
• B) transformational logic.
• C) field dependence.
• D) divergent thinking.

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