A seemingly arbitrary flash “out of the blue,” through which the solution to a problem suddenly becomes apparent to you, but you do not consciously know how you “figured it out,” is called __________.

__________ refers to the consistency of a measure.

 __________ intelligence is the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and utilize a person’s feelings.

Jenny’s best friend, Doris, contracted a bad case of food poisoning after eating lobster at a restaurant. For weeks afterward, every time Jenny spent time with her, Doris would go on about how awful it was. NowJenny refuses to eat lobster because she thinks she may get sick too. It appears Jenny has fallen prey to the bias in decision making called

When Kathy thinks of a lemon and imagines biting one, her mouth begins to water. In this example, the picture of the lemon in her mind is an example of a(n) __________ representation.

Which of the following words has a prefix meaning bad, difficult?

A person starts from one point and comes up with many different ideas or possibilities based on that point. The person is engaging in __________ thinking.

Which barrier to problem solving are you failing to overcome when you continue to push on a door to get to the next room when what you really need to do (according to the sign on the door) is pull on it?

The ultimate source of the energy in food is ______.

Some friends are trying to make wine in their basement. They’ve added yeast to a sweet grape juice mixture and have allowed the yeast to grow. After several days they find that sugar levels in the grape juice have dropped, but there’s no alcohol in the mixture. The most likely explanation is that ______.