Thinking, Concepts, Creativity

These flashcards cover key concepts related to thinking, concepts, and creativity as discussed in Module 34.

Cognition

Mental activities associated with knowing, remembering, and communicating.

Concept

A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.

Prototype

A mental image or best example of a category, used for sorting items quickly.

Creativity

The ability to produce novel(new) and valuable ideas.

Convergent Thinking

A type of thinking that narrows available problem solutions to determine the best one.

Divergent Thinking

A type of thinking that expands the number of possible problem solutions in various directions.

Components of Creativity

1. Expertise 2. Imaginative thinking skills 3. Ventursome personality 4. Intrinsic motivation 5. A creative environment.

Stereotyping

Using a prototype to categorize people, which impacts cognition.

Prototype Drift

The tendency to remember something that closely resembles a prototype image.

Emotional State for Creative Thinking

The mental and emotional state required to facilitate creativity.