AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING CONCEPTS AND CREATIVITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
creativity is
A
the ability to be able to copy ideas
B
dancing to a song
C
painting the wall blue
D
the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Creativity is the ability to produce work that is both novel and appropriate (Barron, 1988; Jackson & Messick, 1967; MacKinnon, 1962; Ochse, 1990). A novel product is one that is original and not predicted. A novel product stands apart from the work that the individual and other people have already produced.

Detailed explanation-2: -Generally, creativity involves the ability to offer new perspectives, generate novel and meaningful ideas, raise new questions, and come up with solutions to ill-defined problems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Creativity is the ability to generate novel and useful solutions to problems. True.

Detailed explanation-4: -Creativity is the ability to generate, create, or discover new ideas, solutions, and possibilities. Very creative people often have intense knowledge about something, work on it for years, look at novel solutions, seek out the advice and help of other experts, and take risks.

Detailed explanation-5: -Guilford (1959): “Creativity is the capacity to produce ideas that are both new and useful through divergent thinking”.

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