Make a table showing mental operations involved in solving a problem.
Mental Operation |
Nature of Problem |
1. Identify the problem |
1. A week is left for teachers’ day and you are given the task of organising a play. |
2. Represent the problem |
2. Organising a play would involve identification of an appropriate theme, screening of actors, actresses, arranging money, etc. |
3. Plan the solution: Set sub-goals |
3. Search and survey various available themes for a play, and consult teachers and friends who have the expertise. The play to be decided, based on such considerations as cost, duration, suitability for the occasion, etc. |
4. Evaluate all solutions (plays) |
4. Collect all the information/stage rehearsals. |
5. Select one solution and execute it |
5. Compare and verify the various options to get the best solution (the play). |
6. Evaluate the outcome |
6. If the play (solution) is appreciated, think about the steps you have followed for future reference for yourself as well as for your friends. |
7. Rethink and redefine problems and solutions. |
7. After this special occasion you can still think about ways to plan a better play in future. |
Write theories of following psychologists?
(a) Jean Piaget
(b) J.P. Guilford.
(c) Osborn’s brainstorming technique
Thinking is the base of:
all activities
all cognitive activities
all convergent activities
all convergent activities
Describe the three characteristics of language.
Differentiate between following:
(a) Congergent and Divergent Thinking
(b) Inductive and deductive Reasoning