Creative thinking skills and habit Week 7 NJ Kang

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Creative individuals Have a great deal of energy, but also are often quiet and at rest Tend to be smart, yet naïve and able to look with nw eyes on the world around them Are playful yet disciplined Alternate between imagination and fantasy and a rooted sense of reality Seem able to express both introversion and extroversion as needed. Can be humble while simultaneously being proud of their accomplishment Seem to be minimally affected by gender stereotyping, able to express both masculine and feminine dimensions of their personalities Typically are seen as rebellious and independent, yet it is impossible to be an eminent creator without having internalized an existing domain. Can be passionate about their work while maintaining objectivity in their judgment Because they are open, experience both suffering and enjoyment in connection with their creative activities. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

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Highly creative individuals Are unlikely to fit smoothly into the conventions of a field or to have a conventional set of talents developed in conventional ways. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Sparks of Genius Observing Imaging Abstracting Recognizing patterns Pattern Forming Analogizing Body Thinking Empathizing Dimensional thinking Modeling Playing Transforming Synthesizing 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Observing Pay attention to their senses. Open to all the experiences of the body 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

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copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Imaging The ability to recall or imagine feelings or sensations (ex. Bird’s song, the feeling underneath a bird’s wings) 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

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copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Abstracting To extract core principles from complicated data, ideas, or images. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

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copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Recognizing patterns As they occur in nature, in language, dance, or mathematics, 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Pattern forming Combine elements in new, and often unexpected ways 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

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copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Analogizing A logical extension or recognizing and forming patterns. Poetic images of life as a spider’s web or the invention of a new pump based on the anatomy of a shellfish. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Body Thinking Awareness that comes through the body before it enters the conscious mind. A dancer, scientist or mathematician do first and later explain. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Empathizing As individuals lose themselves in the things they study. Actors can lose themselves in roles, 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Dimensional thinking Envision objects in three dimensions, architects, scuptors and engineers 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Modeling The integration of multiple tools. Modeling work on the accomplishments of others to using working models to understand and analogize situations. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Playing Childlike joy in the endeavor at hand. It can entail approaching tasks with a level of irreverence that allows typical rules or procedures to be ignored momentarily. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Transforming. Transforming can move ideas from one form to another and or moving from one thinking to the next to further explore and understand ideas. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Synthesizing Bring together ideas, feelings, memories, images etc. in a holistic way. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

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Wondering and wandering Curiosity Problem finding Play with it. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

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copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Who does research? Think about the kind of questions the people below might investigate. What questions might they ask? 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com All kinds of questions. Who uses watches? What kind of watch is easier for young children to use? When did watch become common household items? Where are most watch used? why do people choose to use a watch instead of a clock? How does the way you wear a watch affect your time checking? How many watches are sold by one shop in the neighbor? What if they advertised the watch? Would sales go up? 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Divergent thinking Think of many ideas (fluency) Think of varied ideas (flexibility) Think of unusual ideas (originality) Add to their ideas to make them better (elaboration) 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

Brainstorming Osborn (1953) Not evaluating any ideas until a number of them have been produced. Nonjudgmental supportive atmosphere Popcorn thinking 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Brainstorming Accumulating brainstorming Brain writing Brain walking 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

Reverse brainstorming Thinks up opposites of the desired ideas. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Best ways of making global warming Best ways to become an overweighed person Etc. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

Dangers in brainstorming Topic fixation Lack of productivity from social inhibition Can fall victim to social loafing. Miscues 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Scamper 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Eberle (1977, 1996) Substitute Combine Adapt Put Eliminate Rearranging or reverse. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Attribute Listing Listing key attributes Candy bar Advertisement to lure shopper. Attributes of a particular style of painting. 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

Morphological Synthesis Combines two attributes I the form of a grid. Pinnoccio Cinderella Snow white Jack 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

Provocations and the use of Po Reversal provocation Exaggeration Distortion 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Random Input The problem or subject for creative thought is juxtaposed with a randomly selected word. Make connections between the subject and the unrelated word, 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com

copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Midterm Make a research plan using creative activities 4/30/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com