Module 34 Thinking Concepts and Creativity. Flashcards
The mental activities are associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
Cognition
Concept
Mental groupings of objects, events, people, or ideas.
Prototype
A mental image of the best example of a category.
________ provide a convenient method for organizing ideas, quickly and easily.
- What’s the birdier bird?
Creativity
The ability to produce new and valuable ideas.
Convergent Thinking
Narrowing down choices to find the best possible solution.
Where is an example where we actively use convergent thinking?
SAT
Divergent Thinking
Expanding the number of possible solutions. It’s also creative thinking that diverges in different directions.
Who established the five different components of creativity?
Robert Sternberg
5 Different Components to Creativity
Very Imaginative elephants create igloos.
- Venturesome attitude personality
- Imaginative thinking skills
- Expertise
- Creative Environment
- Intrinsic Motivation