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6. What are knowledge-lean problems?

  • Least researched
  • Can be solved without prior knowledge
  • Very rare every day problems
  • Require prior knowledge

7. What is an analogy?

  • Using schemas to solve a problem
  • Using research to problem solve
  • Using the solution of one problem to guide the solution of a similar problem (knowledge transfer)
  • Using future planning to solve the current problem

8. Who proposed the Duncker's radiation problem?

  • Gick & Holyoak (1980)
  • Crescentini et al (2012)
  • Wagner et al (2004)
  • Koppenol-Gonzalez et al (2010)

9. Who found that the DLPFC was the key area in planning (during a tower of Hanoi task)?

  • Crescentini et al (2012)
  • Wagner et al (2004)
  • Newell & Simon (1970)
  • Revereberi et al (2005)

10. Do expert chess players have better memories?

  • Yes, but particularly for game positions
  • No, only for game positions
  • No, only for free recall
  • Yes, for every aspect of memory

11. What does PFC damage lead to during a tower of Hanoi task (Goel & Grafman, 1995)?

  • Behavioural issues
  • Incapability of completion
  • Poor Performance
  • Better performance

12. What percentage of radiologists fail to detect diseases?

  • 40%
  • 10%
  • 30%
  • 60%

13. What is an ill-defined problem?

  • They have multiple correct answers
  • We have all the information to answer them
  • They are the most researched
  • They have one correct answer

14. What brain area is activated during a problem solving and planning experiment (Kleibeuker et al, 2013)?

  • Parietal Lobes
  • Temporal Lobes
  • Dorsolateral PFC
  • Occipital Lobes

15. What is means end analysis and hill climbing?

  • Heuristic methods of information processing approach
  • Memory techniques
  • Types of problem
  • Heuristic methods of gestalt approach

16. How is insight increased?

  • Practice and research
  • Sleep and incubation
  • Practice and incubation
  • Sleep and practice

17. Who found that pps who spent longer planning did better on the tower of Hanoi task?

  • Wagner et al (2004)
  • Newell & Simon (1970)
  • Koppenol-Gonzalez et al (2010)
  • Reverberi et al (2005)

18. What is framing?

  • Disregarding false solutions
  • A searching process
  • How you frame a problem can influence how it makes sense to you
  • How pictures are put on the wall

19. What is a cognitive miser?

  • Someone who thinks deeply about things
  • Someone who uses shortcuts to save time/ effort
  • Someone who spends money effectively
  • Someone who often has to problem solve

20. What is insight?

  • Clues about what the solution may be
  • The point when a problem has been solved
  • Thinking deeply about a problem
  • Prior knowledge about a problem