Techniques for encouraging creativity
Barriers to creativity
What is Creativity?
Quiz Questions
Creative group climate
100
" How would I design it if I had built it myself?", "Can this be multiplied?" are both examples of what kind of questions?
Idea Needlers
100
What are the 3 barriers to creativity?
- Perceptual Barriers - Cultural Barriers - Emotional Barriers
100
True or False? Creativity is any form of action that leads to results that are novel, useful, and predicatble.
True
100
Which of the following is a creative approach to problem solving? A- Trying something new B- Involving new perceptions C- Providing a new response D- All of the above
D- All of the above
100
1. Maintaining _____ during the problem solving process is vital for creativity.
openness
200
A _________ is a comparison between things that are similiar in some aspects, but quite different in others. Hint: They help open our perceptions to other useful concepts.
Analogy
200
What are 3 types of perceptual barriers?
What are 3 types of perceptual barriers? - Difficulty in isolating the problem - Failing to distinguish between cause and effect - Accepting superficial similarities without prior experiences as indicative - Overlooking " trivia" that may be at the base of the problem
200
C- Albert Einstein Who said, " Imagination is more important than knowledge"? A- Irving Janis B- Betty Kennan C- Albert Einstein D- Obama
C- Albert Einstein
200
All of the following are barriers that can restrain our creativity except: A- Perceptual B- Cultural C- Physical D- Emotional
C- Physical
200
Group creativity depends on the _____of the group process itself.
Climate
300
What play a critical role in the communication process of describing abstract concepts and expressing emotions? ex. " The new kid on the block"
Metaphor
300
What is the difference between emotional barriers compared to perceptual and cultural barriers?
What is the difference between emotional barriers compared to perceptual and cultural barriers? Perceptual and cultural barriers are personal and emotional barriers we place in the way of our creative abilities
300
True or False? Adding a new spice to the recipe is a creative act.
true
300
When we decide to alter, multiply, eliminate, divide, or transpose, we are using _______________________ to change the way we view a particular process a) Idea needlers b) Manipulative verbs c) Analogies d) Association and metaphors
D) Manipulative verbs
300
____ is a willingness to be honest and direct.
Spontaneity
400
Why are manipulative verbs useful?
They can transform our thinking about a problem or issue
400
Perceptual barriers are a result from _________.
paradigmatic thinking
400
True or False? Teamwork is not a creative process.
False
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