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a type of thinking that allows you to be creative and flexible
What is divergent thinking?
100
A rule of thumb used in problem solving.
What is a heuristic?
100
Backing away from a problem for a period of time in the hope of a sudden answer coming to you.
What is incubation?
100
Reasoning in which the conclusion is true if the premises are true.
What is deductive reasoning?
100
Using a balance sheet to make decisions.
What is weighing the pluses and minuses?
200
The best example of something
What is a prototype?
200
Trying to find which key on a keychain with twenty keys is an example of this problem solving method.
What is trial and error?
200
The tendency to think of an object as useful only for the function the object is usually used for.
What is functional fixedness?
200
A form of reasoning in which the premises may be correct but the deduction wrong.
What is inductive reasoning?
200
Making decisions based on information available to your immediate consciousness.
What is the availability heuristic?
300
Used in the right circumstances, this always leads to the solution of a problem.
What is an algorithm?
300
The question "What can I do to get there?" is the question asked by this problem solving method.
What is means-end analysis?
300
The tendency to respond to a new problem with an approach that was successfully used with similar problems.
What is a mental set?
300
The attempt to prove or confirm an assumption reached by inductive reasoning rather than disprove it
What is confirmation bias?
400
A grouping of objects such as dogs, horses, etc.
What is a concept?
400
A problem solving method based on a similarity between two or more items.
What is an analogy?
400
Assessing, brainstorming, choosing, doing, evaluating.
What is the ABCDE method of solving a problem?
400
An idea or statement that provides the basic information that allows us to draw conclusions.
What is a premise?
500
Reasoning is an example of this activity.
What is thinking?
500
An "aha" moment.
What is insight?
500
A problem solving method involving identifying your goal, where you are in relation to it, and the direction you must go to move closer to it.
What is difference reduction?
500
Using information to reach conclusions.
What is reasoning?
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