Me 2.2a Thinking, Problem Solving, Judgments and Decision Making: Concepts and Creativity

Question 1

Concept

Answer 1

The building blocks of thoughts. A mental grouping of similar things

Question 2

Prototypes

Answer 2

The example you think of right away when you think of a concept. Football player –> fast, athletic

Question 3

Schemas

Answer 3

frameworks of concepts that help us organise and interpret information.

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

Incorporating new information into existing schemas without changing them.

Example: Seeing a new breed of dog and adding it to your existing schema of what dogs are.

Question 5

Accommodation

Answer 5

Changing schemas to incorporate new information.

Example: Learning that some birds can’t fly and updating
your bird schema to include flightless birds like penguins.

Question 6

Creativity

Answer 6

The ability to create novel and valuable ideas

Question 7

Divergent Thinking

Answer 7

Thinking to expand the number of solutions to a problem (Creativity)

Question 8

Convergent Thinking

Answer 8

Thinking to eliminate as many other solutions as possible (things like the SAT)

Question 9

What are creativity’s components?

Answer 9

Expertise: Background knowledge,
Imaginative thinking skills,
A venturesome personality,
Intrinsic motivation,
A creative environment

Question 10

How does one boost one’s creativity?

Answer 10

Develop your expertise,
Allow for incubation time: inattention allows for automatic processing
Let the mind roam freely,
Experience other cultures and other ways of thinking.