Creativity

Question 1

___, the production of something useful and novel ( Mumford, 2003)

Answer 1

Creativity

Question 2

True or False. According to Amabile, 1983 certain characteristics predispose individuals to more or less creative behaviors

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Researchers have found that (Extroverts or Introverts) tend to be more creative than (Extroverts or Introverts)

Answer 3

Extroverts; Introverts

Question 4

Researchers have found that those who are (High or Low) in openness to experience tend to be more creative than those who are (High or Low) in openness to experience

Answer 4

High; Low

Question 5

Neither personality traits or general ability is purely responsible for creative performances, so what are the 3 reasons?

Answer 5

1. Personality Characteristics 2. Cognitive Abilities 3. Social Environments

Question 6

Experts typically spend about ____ in a particular domain

Answer 6

10,000 hours or 10 years

Question 7

What are the 2 reasons for strong correlation between experts and creative behavior?

Answer 7

1. they maintain certain conditions that are necessrary for creative behavior to likely emerge
2. when approaching a given problem in their domain, experts typically perform at their maximum level

Question 8

___, a method or thought process used to generate many (potentially creative) solutions to a problem

Answer 8

Divergent Thinking

Question 9

How do we measure ones creativity?

Answer 9

One way is through the use of divergent thinking tasks

Question 10

Divergent thinking is (synonymous or not synonymous) with creative thinking

Answer 10

Not Synonymous

Question 11

What are the 4 categories used for measuring ideas from divergent thinking?

Answer 11

1. Fluency 2. Originality 3. Flexibility 4. Elaboration

Question 12

In dealing with divergent thinking, ___ is scoring based on the occurrence of the idea

Answer 12

Categorical Rating Scale

Question 13

___, (Osborn, 1983), developed a technique for which efforts are made by individuals or groups to generate ideas

Answer 13

Brainstorming

Question 14

What are the 4 rules to brainstorming?

Answer 14

1. Free-Wheeling 2. Quantity 3. Withhold Criticism 4. Combination

Question 15

According to Taylor, Berry, & Block (1958) what are the 3 individual vs. group problems?

Answer 15

1. Teachers Problem 2. Thumbs Problem 3. Tourists Problem

Question 16

According to Shalley (1995) what are the 3 external factors that influence creativity?

Answer 16

1. Co-actors Present 2. Expecting Evaluation 3. Receiving a Creativity Goal

Question 17

___, increases creative performance on convergent and divergent thinking tasks (Bear, 1988)

Answer 17

Creativity Training

Question 18

___, the ability to quickly abandon one cognitive strategy in favor of a second, more optimal, strategy (Scott, 1962)

Answer 18

Cognitive Flexiblity

Question 19

___, Figueroa & Youmans (2011) developed an easy to administer puzzle-task to assess ones cognitive flexibility using principles from Grant & Berg’s (1948) Wisconsin Card Sorting Task

Answer 19

Cognitive Flexibility Puzzle Task

Question 20

What was the interesting finding in Figueroa & Youmans (2011) cognitive flexibility puzzle task and haiku poems?

Answer 20

Participants who quickly completed the puzzle-task developed more creative haiku poems