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46 Cards in this Set
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What is creativity?
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The ability to produce work, thinking, or problem solving that is original, but still appropriate and useful.
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Where does creativity come from? (3)
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1. Domain-relevant skills
2. Creativity relevant processes 3. Intrinsic task motivation |
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What is adaptive creativity?
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Approaches a problem in a conventional manner to produce a conventional solution
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What is innovative creativity?
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Examines and manipulates a problem to produce several revolutionary solutions
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What is convergent thinking?
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Narrowing the solution space to a single answer
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What is divergent thinking?
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Coming up with many possible solutions
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What are the conflicts between teaching and creativity in the classroom? (2)
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- Difficult to assess creativities
- Difficult to manage in a large class |
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What are some teaching strategies to help nurture creativity? (3)
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- Brainstorming
- Idea generation without evaluation - Encourage divergent thinking |
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________ experiences foster creativity
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Multicultural experiences foster creativity
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Does external reinforcement lead to higher creativity?
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No
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What problem does living abroad help with?
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Mental Set
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Why does exposure to new culture lead to creativity? (2)
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1. Breaking functional fixedness
2. Conceptual expansion |
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How is functional fixedness broken by cultural exposure?
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See object/concept in new or novel way
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What study measured the breaking of functional fixedness?
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Gave creativity task to MBA students. MBA students who were exposed to this did better.
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What is conceptual expansion?
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Irrelevant concepts are combined to create a novel concept
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How does culture affect Conceptual Expansion?
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Integrates different perspectives
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What is intelligence?
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Ability to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
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What is general intelligence?
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Mental energy to perform mental test
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What is fluid intelligence?
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-Mental efficiency and reasoning ability
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How does fluid intelligence develop?
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Increases until late adolescence and declines with age
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What is crystallized intelligence?
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Types of learning acquired from past
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What factors are a detriment to fluid intelligence?
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Injuries and brain diseases
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How does crystallized intelligence develop?
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Learned knowledge and skills
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What is the Binet test intended to measure?
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General intelligence
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What is Stenberg's Triarchic Theory
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Three primary domains of intelligence
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The three domains of intelligence according to Stenberg are
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1. Analytical
2. Creative 3. Practical |
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What is analytical intelligence?
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1. Making sense of information
2. Problem solving in tests and academic settings |
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What may analytical intelligents excel at? (3)
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1. Prefer conventional schooling
2. Academically smart 3. Good grades |
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What are the characteristics of high creative intelligence? (3)
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1. Imagination, invention, ideas in a new situation
2. Might not conform to expectations about assignment 3. May not always do well at school |
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3. What is the characteristic of practical intelligence?
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Applying knowledge and skills to respond to everyday problems
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What are the three controversies and issues in intelligence mentioned in class? (3)
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1. Nature vs. Nurture
2. Cultural Biases 3. Ability grouping and tracking |
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Nature or nurture?
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Both
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Which is a better predictor of school performance?
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Motivation
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What is the Flynn effect?
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People seem to be getting smarter due to environmental factors
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What is an example of cultural bias?
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Canadian first nations students get lower scores on intelligence tests.
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Give an example of differing cultural definitions of intelligence.
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Western Culture: Faster information processers are more intelligent
Uganda: Slow thinkers are more intelligent |
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How may language affect performance on an intelligence test?
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ESL students might struggle with the verbiage
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What group of students benefits from ability grouping?
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High-track students
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How might ability grouping discriminate?
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Low SES students and racial minority students are disproportionately tracked into low level groups
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Why might students coming from a working class background be disadvantaged?
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They tend to adjust themselves instead of trying to change their environment
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How might students coming from a Western ideal be advantaged?
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Greater emphasis on uniqueness and self-discovery
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What factors try to explain Poverty? (3)
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1. Cognitive abilities
2. Self-regulation 3. Health |
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What error is made in trying to explain Poverty at an individual level?
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Attribution error
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What might modern sexism lead towards? (3)
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1. Denial of continuing discrimination
2. Antagonism towards feminists 3. Resentment about special benefits to women |
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What are the implications for SES? (2)
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1. Psychological difficulties for students from low income family
2. Perpetuation of inequality |
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