Rich and Seth Are Given an Assignment to Come Up

question 74

Multiple Choice

Rich and Seth are given an assignment to come up with a theme for the school's book fair. They sit down at a table together and start making a list of different ideas. They decide not to worry about whether each idea is good or not, but instead to put as many ideas on paper as they can and then go back and evaluate each one. Rich and Seth are engaged in ____ thinking.

• A) ​convergent
• B) ​divergent
• C) ​counterfactual
• D) ​accounted

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