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19 Cards in this Set
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Creativity
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The act of producing something that is original and useful
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Vertical Thinking
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Thinking that is logical and straightforward. Used in the refinement and development of ideas. Compare with lateral thinking.
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Lateral Thinking
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Thinking "around: a problem. Used to generate new ideas. Sometimes used as a synonym for creative thinking. Compare with vertical thinking.
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Sensitivity
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Responsiveness to the information we perceive through our senses, which includes "noticing" stimuli that may be critical to a creative solution.
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Synergy
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The bringing together of seemingly disparate parts into a useful and functioning whole. Creative thinking often seems to involve such combinations.
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Bisociative Thinking
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Bringing together two previously unassociated ideas or "frames of reference."
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Serendipity
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A happy, unexpected discovery.
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Paradigm
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And example that is used as a pattern
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Geneplore
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Term coined by Finke, Ward, and Smith (1992) to denote the cycles of generation and exploration that are part of the creative process.
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Bionics
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The use if analogies from nature that can be adapted to human problems.
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Intrinsic Motivation
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Inherent desire to engage in a task for its own sake and without regard for reward or punishment.
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Extrinsic Motivation
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Engaging in a task in order to receive reward or to avoid punishment.
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Brainstorming
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A group or individual method for generating solution paths for problems. Problem solvers are encouraged to think up wild, imaginative solutions and to defer judgment on these solutions until a later time when they may be modified or combined. The goal is to produce a large number of possible solutions.
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Creative Ideas Checklists
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Lists that suggest ways ti generate creative ideas by varying a problem's components and relationships among the components.
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Attribute Listening
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A method of generating creative solutions in which every characteristic or quality of the item or situation is listed and then examined for possible modification or recombination.
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Relational Algorithm
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A method for generating creative ideas that relies on changing the relations among items using relational words such as "on," "between," "under," and "through."
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Plus, Minus, Interesting
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De Bono's (1976) plan for searching for a solution by noting positive, negative, and other interesting aspects of the solutions being considered.
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Ideational Fluency
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The process of generating many ideas in order to solve problems.
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Image
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A picture-like representation in the mind.
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