Jeremy Is Struggling with a Problem at Work

question 35

Multiple Choice

Jeremy is struggling with a problem at work. After a while he decides to take a break and grab some lunch with some friends. When he returns from lunch, he looks at his work again and suddenly sees the answer. Going for lunch probably served as a chance for:

• A) divergent thinking.
• B) Jeremy to develop a problem-solving schema.
• C) incubation to occur.
• D) means-ends analysis.

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Definitions:

Wilcoxon Rank Test

A non-parametric test used to compare two paired groups to determine whether their population mean ranks differ.

Independent Samples

Groups of data in which the members of one group are not related or matched to the members of the other group(s).

Nonparametric Tests

Statistical tests used for data that does not necessarily meet the assumptions required for parametric tests, often used when data is not normally distributed.

Independent Samples

Two or more groups of samples that are not related or paired in any way, ensuring the observations in one sample do not influence the observations in another.