Module 34 Thinking Concepts and Creativity. Flashcards

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The mental activities are associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

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Cognition

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Concept

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Mental groupings of objects, events, people, or ideas.

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Prototype

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A mental image of the best example of a category.

________ provide a convenient method for organizing ideas, quickly and easily.

  1. What’s the birdier bird?
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Creativity

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The ability to produce new and valuable ideas.

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Convergent Thinking

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Narrowing down choices to find the best possible solution.

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Where is an example where we actively use convergent thinking?

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SAT

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Divergent Thinking

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Expanding the number of possible solutions. It’s also creative thinking that diverges in different directions.

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Who established the five different components of creativity?

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Robert Sternberg

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5 Different Components to Creativity

Very Imaginative elephants create igloos.

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  1. Venturesome attitude personality
  2. Imaginative thinking skills
  3. Expertise
  4. Creative Environment
  5. Intrinsic Motivation
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