Archimedes Was Asked by the King to Determine Whether the Goldsmith

question 569

Multiple Choice

Archimedes was asked by the king to determine whether the goldsmith in making his crown had cheated the king by substituting cheaper metals.In order to solve this problem, Archimedes first defined the problem and then checked all the known methods for analyzing metals.When he found that all the known methods involved cutting or melting the crown, he was forced to temporarily set the problem aside.This stage of creative thought in which the problem is set aside for awhile is known as

• A) orientation.
• B) illumination.
• C) preparation.
• D) incubation.

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Definitions:

Response Rate

The frequency at which a certain behavior or reaction occurs in a given period of time.

Classical Conditioning

The act of acquiring knowledge via the ongoing pairing of two stimuli, which leads to a response that initially responds to the second stimulus but eventually responds to the first stimulus.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, which influences the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Doorbell Rings

A sound signaling someone at the door, commonly used in psychological experiments to study conditioned responses.