What Advice Would You Give to Teachers Trying to Encourage

question 95

Multiple Choice

What advice would you give to teachers trying to encourage creativity in their students?

• A) Encourage children to accept conventional wisdom.
• B) Praise children for correct answers, not for working hard.
• C) Realize that only a few children have the potential for creative thinking and don't expect to be able to develop the creativity of the other children.
• D) Encourage children to take risks and not worry about novel and unusual answers being silly.

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Definitions:

Somatic...Autonomic

Refers to the distinction between the somatic nervous system that controls voluntary movements and the autonomic nervous system that regulates involuntary body functions.

Sympathetic...Parasympathetic

Components of the autonomic nervous system, with the sympathetic division preparing the body for stress or emergency situations, while the parasympathetic division promotes relaxation and recovery.

Primary Somatosensory Cortex

The region of the brain responsible for processing tactile information from the body, located in the parietal lobes.

Sensory Systems

The components of the nervous system responsible for detecting and interpreting sensory inputs from the surroundings.