Divergent Thinking Can Best Be Described As

question 135

Multiple Choice

Divergent thinking can best be described as:

• A)thinking where a problem is seen as having only one answer and all lines of thinking will eventually lead to that single answer if the problem solver users previous knowledge and logic.
• B)the process of solving problems by combining ideas or behaviour in new ways.
• C)the tendency for people to persist in using problem-solving patterns that have worked for them in the past.
• D)a type of thinking in which a person starts from one point and comes up with many different ideas or possibilities based on that point.

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