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Conceptual BlockbustingA Guide to BETTER Ideas
(John L. Adams)
Chapters 1&2
Enhancing Creativity Nickerson (1999: 407) lists the most common ways of enhancing creativity on
the level of personality.
establish purpose and intention acquire of domain-specific knowledge stimulate and reward curiosity and exploration build internal motivation encourage confidence and a willingness to take risks focus on mastery and self-competition promote supportable belief about creativity provide opportunities for choice and discovery develop self-management (metacognitive) skills learn techniques and strategies for creative
performanceRaymond Nickerson, “Enhancing Creativity” in Sternberg, Handbook of Creativity, Cambridge, 1999.
Conceptual blocksConceptual blocks. . .mental walls which block the
problem-solver from correctly perceiving a problem or conceiving its solution.
Thinking processes
Spontaneous Unconscious Little energy expended monitoring or
seeking to improve process. The Monk on the Mountain
Goal of this course segment . . . .to
Make you more aware of how you think Focus on
CONCEPTUALIZATION. . .CONCEPTUALIZATION. . .The process by which one has ideas.
Consider the Learning Connections InventoryLearning Connections Inventory
Sequential
Step by stepUse modelsWork from beginning to end
PrecisePrecise
Need detailed infoWrite down everythngNeed to be accurate
Technical
Figure things outDon’t write things downNeed Purpose
Confluent
Don’t like repetition See things differently Enjoy risks
Conceptual blocks (John L. Adams)
Perceptual blocks Emotional blocks Cultural blocks Environmental blocks Intellectual blocks Expressive blocks
PERCEPTUAL blocks: Detecting what you expect (stereotyping) Difficulty in isolating the problem Tendency to delimit the problem area
poorly Inability to see the problem from various
viewpoints Saturation Failure to utilize all sensory inputs
What do you see ???
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1. Detecting what you expect (stereotyping)
Perceptual Stereotyping helps complete incomplete data.
BUT . . It’s a handicap to perceiving new combinations
Creativity involves combining disparate parts into a new whole.
Stereotype is a function of providing “CONTEXT” so we can remember and categorize information.
2. Difficulty in ISOLATING the problem
Problems obscured by inadequate cues or misleading information.
Problems are multidimensional. One may pick wrong facet to solve. (Mechanical Tomato Picker)
3. Tend to DELIMIT problem area too much
“Framing” a problem too narrowly. Imposing too many constraints on
problem solution Cat scratching furniture Reduced limits leads to
multidisciplinary considerations
4. Inability to see the problem from various viewpoints
Most problems affect people other than the problem solver.
5. Saturation
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Parting shots ???
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