A group of businesspeople meet in order to solve the problem of decreased sales of their company's products. One of them suggests that they generate as many ideas as they can in a short period of time without being critical of any of them. This technique of stimulating divergent thinking is called __________.
A) brainstorming
B) keeping a journal
C) freewriting
D) mind or subject mapping

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The technique described is brainstorming, which involves generating as many ideas as possible without evaluation or criticism. Keeping a journal and freewriting are individual techniques for generating ideas, while mind or subject mapping involves organizing and refining ideas.

A Group of Businesspeople Meet in Order to Solve the Problem