Coming Up with as Many Different Uses of a Brick

question 3

Multiple Choice

Coming up with as many different uses of a brick as possible, such as using them for doorstops, is a type of ________ thinking.

• A) disordered
• B) divergent
• C) associative
• D) convergent

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Definitions:

Escape Response

A behavioral response to an aversive event that is reinforced by the termination of the aversive event.

Punishment

The introduction of a consequence in response to a behavior with the intent to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future.

Suppressive Influence

The impact or effect that reduces, inhibits, or diminishes a particular response, activity, or expression.

Mowrer

A psychologist known for his two-factor theory of avoidance learning, which combines classical and operant conditioning theories to explain how anxiety and phobias are learned and maintained.