When You Are Asked to Solve an Arithmetic Problem or to Name

question 160

Multiple Choice

When you are asked to solve an arithmetic problem or to name the current president of the United States, you are using __________ thinking.

• A)divergent
• B)convergent
• C)intuitive
• D)transformational

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Definitions:

Acquisition Procedures

Methods or processes used in learning or obtaining new information, skills, or responses.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that creates new associations between neutral stimuli and reflex-causing stimuli, famously demonstrated by Pavlov's dogs.

Operant Conditioning

An educational practice that modifies the strength of a behavior through either positive stimuli or negative feedback.

Positive Reinforcer

An incentive that, if offered following an action, enhances the chance of that action being performed again.