Which one of the following examples best represents divergent thinking? a. observing the behavior of chipmunks for several years, you come to the conclusion that chipmunks have some kind of intelligence. b. assembling all your research data, you draw the most reasonable conclusion from a variety of sources. c. having studied a problem for a long time, you take a nap. on waking, you discover you can solve the problem if you gather more information. d. considering the shape of two bowls, you recognize that a bowl can be a lid as well as a container.

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.