Divergent Thinking Is

question 72

Multiple Choice

Divergent thinking is

• A)conceiving of new ways of viewing situations and new uses for familiar objects.
• B)maintaining an initial hypothesis despite contradictory evidence.
• C)relying on previous successful strategies to solve a new problem.
• D)making decisions based on how easily information comes to mind.
• E)narrowing down a range of alternatives to converge on the one correct answer to a problem.

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Definitions:

Nominal Scale

The simplest form of measurement in which data are categorized based on qualitative attributes or names without a numerical or ordered value.

Independent Variables

Variables that are manipulated or controlled in an experiment to test their effect on dependent variables.

Dependent Variables

A measure that is expected to vary in response to changes in an independent variable within an experiment.

Pearson Correlation

A statistical measure that evaluates the linear relationship between two continuous variables, expressed as a value between -1 and 1.