1. Creativity The ability to produce ideas that are both novel and valuable

2. Convergent Thinking Think of themselves as uncreative. Follow a particular set of steps that they think will converge on one correct solution.

3. Divergent Thinking Explore different ways to solve a problem Creative thinkers Imagine other interpretations Look for connections that may not be immediately obvious.

4. Five components of creativity 1.Expertise 2.Imaginative thinking skills/Curiosity 3.A venturesome personality/Nonconformity 4.Intrinsic 5.Creative Environment

5. Creative Individuals children that played with divergent rather than convergent toys

6. Creativity Demo Sample Questions from Northwestern University. Objective: write down as many items/ideas that you can think of in two minutes for each question. Test is looking for strong divergent thinking.

7. Creativity Tests List all of the uses you can for a paper clip.

8. Creativity Tests List all of the means of transportation you can think of.

9. Creativity Tests Imagine that you own a very valuable gold coin and you are going out of town for a month. Where would you hide it (in your home/property)?

10. Creativity Tests Make as many four-word sentences as you can in which all four words start with the letter H. Do not use any words more than once per sentence.

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