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Thinking and Language in Psychology
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Most of the concepts used in real life are . . . . . . . . i.e., they overlap with one another.

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The smallest meaningful units in the structure of a language are called:

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A disjunctive concept represents . . . . . . . . of the several attributes.

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Which of the following statements regarding concepts is not correct?

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In the stage of . . . . . . . . an idea for the solution occurs.

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Thinking itself cannot be directly observed. The process of thinking, therefore, must be inferred from your . . . . . . . .

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. . . . . . . . is a process by which individuals are encouraged to produce solutions of problems in a group.

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. . . . . . . . in creative thinking is defined as the total number of suggestions you are able to make.

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. . . . . . . . stimuli produce reactiions appropriate to some stimulus other than themselves.

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Which of the following types of thinking is regarded as a superior type of thinking to perceptual thinking as it economises efforts in understanding and problem solving?

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Who holds the "world record" for mental calculation?

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"In the game of baseball, a strike is either a swing and a miss or a pitch down the middle or a foul ball", is an example of . . . . . . . .

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. . . . . . . . is useful in case of those problems where the goal has more information than the given problem and the nature of the problem is such that the operations can be conducted in a forward and backward direction.

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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I List-II
A. Random sequence of ideas without external cue or internal control 1. Fantasy
B. Thinking of another private and pleasant world with a theme of one's own 2. Free association
C. Thinking on a disturbed premise in an irrelevant way but having special significance to the individual 3. Creative thinking
D. Thinking which has a theme, is rational and directly related to some problem in the external world 4. Delusion

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If all symbols referred only to specific things or actions such as names of objects (table, pencil) or specific directions (turn left, no parking), then these meanings are called . . . . . . . .

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Many linguists have argued that . . . . . . . . hypothesis is circular.

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During the . . . . . . . . stage of creative thinking the thinker often experiences sudden appearance of the solution of his problem.

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. . . . . . . . is the process of classifying information into meaningful categories.

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A body of words, or symbols and rules for combining them that is used for communication and thought and is understood by a sizable community is . . . . . . . .

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Experiences or learning in any form is the starting process of:

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