AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -When an object doesn’t fit our prototype (think “penguin”), category boundaries blur and we have difficulty recognizing the object. Perception is impacted and we may miss important information because we don’t know how to categorize the information.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explain how a prototype aids in the formation of concepts. The more closely something alines with our prototype of a concepts (i.e. a robin versus a penguin in a category of “birds"), the faster we recognize it as an example of a concept.-refer to the prototype when remembering or seeing something in that category.

Detailed explanation-3: -Divergent thinking is one of the most well-studied aspects of creativity. In the 1950s, J. P. Guildford and his colleagues defined it as the ability to generate multiple alternative solutions to a given situation or problem.

Detailed explanation-4: -As discussed above, divergent (or creative) thinking is an activity that leads to new information, or previously undiscovered solutions. Some problems demand flexibility, originality, fluency, and inventiveness, especially those for which the individual must supply a unique solution. (See creativity.)