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Creative Problem Solving
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 19 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Random - intuitive - holistic - synthesizing - subjective - looks at wholes
aspects of critical thinking
reasoning
right brain
convergent thinking
2. A Statement or Proposition with Supporting Evidence. Critical thinking involves Identify - Evaluating - and Contructing Arguments.
argument
right brain
paradigm
left brain
3. Analyse the environment - recognize the problem - identify the problem - make assumptions - generate alternatives - choose among alternatives - implementation - control
stages of creative problem solving process
divergent thinking
last stage of creative problem solving
scanning
4. Way one VIews the world - which shapes one's construction of meaning. In a Search for Understanding - critical thinkers wiew Phenomena from many points of view.
point of view
last stage of creative problem solving
right brain
problem
5. Logical - sequential - rational - analytical - objective - looks at parts
right brain
stages of creative problem solving process
convergent thinking
left brain
6. Asking questions - making judgements - identifying sssumptions
scanning
left brain
right brain
procedures for applying criteria
7. Identifies the problem and what causes it start by drawing a line and shorterlines will shoot from it as you think up the issues - some also call it an 'Issue tree'
last stage of creative problem solving
fishbone diagram
stages of creative problem solving process
criteria
8. A ______ exists when people recognize they failed to meet an objective or believe they will fail
problem
analysis
aspects of critical thinking
argument
9. Dispositions - criteria - argument - reasoning - point of view - proceddures for applying criteria
first stage of creative problem solving
aspects of critical thinking
fishbone diagram
scanning
10. The Identification of a cluster of Similar - related or reoccuring incidents through a Preliminary review of information - and the selection of this Crime/Disorder problem - among competing priorities - for future examination.
scanning
procedures for applying criteria
first stage of creative problem solving
convergent thinking
11. Ability to Infer a Conclusion from one or multiple premises. To do so requires examining logical relationships among statements or data.
argument
reasoning
last stage of creative problem solving
problem
12. We locate problem at the 'center' of our focus and then gather peripheral resources to bear down on the problem
argument
divergent thinking
right brain
convergent thinking
13. Involves self and topic analysis. ask questions to narrow down a broad topic into more specific one.
first stage of creative problem solving
argument
problem
divergent thinking
14. Used in law enforcement - Scanning - Analysis - Response - Assesment
last stage of creative problem solving
fishbone diagram
analysis
S.A.R.A
15. Conditions that must be met for something to be judged as believeable. Must be applied to think critically.
criteria
reasoning
last stage of creative problem solving
analysis
16. Generally it is defined as an example - pattern or metal map - a way of thinking - percieving or approaching work in some contex
paradigm
point of view
S.A.R.A
argument
17. Control - evaluating results
S.A.R.A
fishbone diagram
reasoning
last stage of creative problem solving
18. Analyzing the environment - monitor internal and external environments constantly - look for signgs of problems or opportunities - gather lots of information
argument
first stage of creative problem solving
paradigm
scanning
19. The use of Several Sources of information to determine why a problem is occurring - who is responsible - who is affected - where the problem is located - when it occurs and what form the problem takes. Analysis requires identifying patterns that expl
analysis
divergent thinking
problem
procedures for applying criteria