During a recent meeting, Trina was able to suggest several different workable options for a problem that had been plaguing the executive board for over a month. Trina has exhibited __________

A) convergent thinking.
B) divergent thinking.
C) optimality theory.
D) savant syndrome.

Divergent Thinking

A thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions.

Convergent Thinking

A cognitive process in which the focus is directed at arriving at a single, correct solution to a problem.

Optimality Theory

A conceptual framework in linguistics that hypothesizes that observable forms of language arise from the interaction between conflicting constraints.