Fostered in small groups when members use imagination, intuition, hunches, insight, and fantasy to devise unusual or innovative solutions that probably would not emerge from ordinary group discussion
What is Creative Thinking
100
Group members generate as many ideas as possible without evaluation
What is Brainstorming
100
________ and _________ differentiate critical thinking from creative thinking
What is Evidence and Arguments
100
A group member who formally is expected to challenge ideas to foster critical thinking
What is Devil's Advocate
200
"involves the generation, application, combination, and extension of new ideas"
What is Creativity
200
Involves both divergent and convergent thinking
What is Group Creativity
200
Willing and eager to consider new information and ideas, even if that information contradicts what they previously believed
What is Open-minded
200
A procedure designed to stimulate creative thinking by using metaphors and looking for similarities in different things
What is Synectics
300
Helps members identify the best ideas and eliminate the less useful ones
What is Constructive Debate
300
Contributed considerable research to group creativity
Who is Bernard Nijstad and/or Paul Paulus
300
Occurs when a problem is analyzed thoroughly, using as much relevant information as possible
What is Critical Thinking
300
Refers to a term that has more than one possible meaning
What is Ambiguous
400
Tolerate ambiguity, don't fear rejection by others, open to new ideas, and have low levels of communication apprehension
What are Creative Individuals
400
A technique that tries to jolt a group out of linear ways of thinking by encouraging the radiant thinking produced by free association
What is Mind Mapping
400
________ matches the the quality of the information you gather and assess
What is Quality of Output
400
Mistakes in reasoning and faulty reasoning
What is Fallacies
500
The cornerstone of innovation, and helps us invent better, less expensive products or services that improve our lives
What is Creative thinking in groups
500
Members must think as differently as possible from one another so the team will have a wide array of options from which to choose
What is Divergent Thinking
500
A skill essential to critical thinking
What is Organizing Ideas
500
Asking members to choose between only two options, as if no other choices existed