Understanding Creativity, Originality, and Plagiarism

Creativity

• to cause to come into existence

• the ability to make something original and valuable.

• • the ability to think independently and creatively

• when you take someone else’s idea or artwork and pretend it’s yours

Originality

• to cause to come into existence

• the ability to make something original and valuable.

• • the ability to think independently and creatively

• when you take someone else’s idea or artwork and pretend it’s yours

Plagiarism

• to cause to come into existence

• the ability to make something original and valuable.

• • the ability to think independently and creatively

• when you take someone else’s idea or artwork and pretend it’s yours

Create

• to cause to come into existence

• the ability to make something original and valuable.

• • the ability to think independently and creatively

• when you take someone else’s idea or artwork and pretend it’s yours

Divergent thinking: 

• is a creative thought process that solves a problem using many solutions. 

• • is the ability to solve a problem that has only one “correct” answer.

• when you take someone else’s idea or artwork and pretend it’s yours

• to cause to come into existence

Convergent thinking: 

• is a creative thought process that solves a problem using many solutions. 

• • is the ability to solve a problem that has only one “correct” answer.

• when you take someone else’s idea or artwork and pretend it’s yours

• to cause to come into existence