COGNITION
THINKING CONCEPTS AND CREATIVITY
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imaginative thinking:thinking skills, recognize patterns and make connections
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venturesome personality:seeks new experiences, takes risk, overcomes obstacles
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intrinsic motivation:driven by interest/satisfaction
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creative environment
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Detailed explanation-1: -In this theory, four components are necessary for any creative response: three components within the individual – domain-relevant skills, creativity-relevant processes, and intrinsic task motivation – and one component outside the individual – the social environment in which the individual is working.
Detailed explanation-2: -Paul Torrance’s work in Creativity. Torrance, the “Father of Creativity” talked about four elements to creativity: Fluency (# of ideas), Flexibility (variety of ideas), Originality (uniqueness of ideas), and Elaboration (details of ideas).
Detailed explanation-3: -In the book The Art of Thought from 1926, Graham Wallas proposed one of the first complete models of the creative process. Wallas described how it consists of the four-stage process of preparation (or saturation), incubation, illumination and verification (or implementation).
Detailed explanation-4: -Creativity is comprised of four factors. Just remember this equation: Creativity = Surprise + Originality + Beauty + Utility.
Detailed explanation-5: -Sternberg has proposed that creativity has five components: expertise, imaginative thinking skills; a venturesome personality; intrinsic motivation; and a creative environment that sparks, supports, and refines creative ideas.