Psych Module 34

All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

• Cognition

• Concepts

• Prototype

Mental groupings of similar events, ideas, or people

• Cognition

• Concepts

• Prototype

A mental image or best example of a category

• Cognition

• Concepts

• Prototype

the ability to produce new and valuable ideas

• Creativity

• Convergent Thinking

• Divergent Thinking

the ability to produce new and valuable ideas

Narrowing available problem solutions to determine the single best solution

• Creativity

• Convergent Thinking

• Divergent Thinking

Expanding the number of possible problem solutions, creative thinking that expands in different directions

• Creativity

• Convergent Thinking

• Divergent Thinking

Which of the following is not a way to boost your creativity?

• Develop your expertise

• Allow time for incubation

• Set aside time for the mind to roam freely

• Allow for time with other creative thinkers

• Experience other cultures and ways of thinking