Problem Opening Apps on External Displays

Googling this problem is **** near impossible thanks to the internet being flooded with the term "mulitple displays" after WWDC. Having just rewatched Craig Federighi demo multiple display support in Mavericks during the keynote in June, I am confident that I am having a very annoying and repeatable problem.
I have a two displayed connected to my 15" MBP Retina, one via Thunderbold and the other is a USB monitor, and the problem persists with an AppleTV as a monitor as well. Now I know that USB monitors have been having their share of problems in Mavericks, but the problem exists all other monitors. The monitors are not mirrors, and arranged properly in the Display settings. This problem also occurs on my iMac when connected to an AppleTV.
The Problem:
On my MBP's monitor I have Microsoft Word in fullscreen. I move the mouse to an external monitor and summon the dock there to open an app (TextEdit for example). When I open TextEdit, instead of opening on that monitor as it should (and as it was demoed at WWDC), it throws me out of Word on my MBP and back to the MBP's desktop and opens TextEdit there. On the monitor where I pressed TextEdit, all that happens is I can access TextEdit's menu at the top.
Now I have found discussions about the long press of applications on the dock and under Options having the ability to assign them to open on specific monitors. I have only been able to accomplish is by creating a second desktop on my MBP, thereby allowing that menu to appear. More on that here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23632595#23632595
Does anyone know why I cannot simply go to a different monitor, summon the dock there, and open an application and have it open and stay there? Any help would be greatly appreciated, and please let me know if I should futher clarify anything.

these may be blocked by whoever is hosting the wireless network, you may want to touch base with them.

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Screen Type
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Wide Screen
Yes
Brightness
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Contrast Ratio
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