Thinking about thinking
Thinking about memory
Ananyzing the problem at hand
Assessing what is given in the problem at hand 

2. What are the three steps of problem solving?

Incubation, Fixation, Solution
Preparation, Production, Evaluation
Evaluation, Preparation, Production
Preparation, Evaluation, Production 

3. After growing, and gaining more experience, you will use _______ more often.

Divergent thinking
Convergent thinking
Reproductive thinking
Productive thinking 

4. Random search is a(n) _______.

Functional fixedness
Mental set
Hinderance
Algorithm 

5. In which stage of problem solving would you eat cookies and jump on your bed?

Production
Preparation
Incubation
Evaluation 

6. Bettie needs to come up with a way to plow her yard using a bicycle, some rope, and an ice pick. Her inability to think of any feasible method is not example of:

Mental set
Functional fixedness
Hindrance
Problem solving 

7. Which is not a method of overcoming hindrances:

Incubation
Functional Fixedness
Insight
Creative Thinking 

8. A(n) _______ can take a while, but you will find a solution eventually. 

Algorithm
Heuristic
Evaluation
Incubation 

9. Breaking bigger goals down into smaller, more achievable goals is called:

Step-by-Step method
Means-end analysis
Random Search
Algorithm 

10. Habitually using an older method to solve a new problem is called:

Habit-Forming
Situation Recall
Mental Set
Simulation