Source: Creativity and Innovation

Johnson, S. (2010). Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. New York: Riverhead Books. Watson, J. D. (1968). The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. Atheneum. Surowiecki, J. (2004). The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many are Smarter than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations. New York: Doubleday.

Critical thinking is important to the creative process because

____ Creativity involves novelty

____ Critical thinking is logical thinking

____ Part of the creative process is evaluating ideas and choosing among them

____ Critical thinking is not important to the creative process

What happens when people think of reasons why they might be correct before reporting confidence?

____ Overconfidence decreases

____ Overconfidence increases

____ Overconfidence remains unchanged

____ Hindsight bias decreases

You were asked to turn in "new behavior reports". Why?

____ Because breaking routines can lead to new thoughts

____ Because change in environment can lead to new thoughts

____ Because new behaviors can lead to new associations

____ All of the above

In all of the examples from the readings about famous creations and creators

____ The creators tended to be ignorant of the field and hence were able to see things differently.

____ The creations were the result of small steps closely connected to prior work and knowledge.

____ Unconscious thought processes were the key to success.

____ None of the above.

What appears to improve people's ability to solve problems?

____ REM sleep, positive affect.

____ Incubation, abstraction.

____ Changing the environment, learning new things.

____ All of the above.