CREATIVE THINKING




                    GROUP 5
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What is Creative Thinking?
LEFT               RIGHT
    Logical Thinking   Creative Thinking




•   ANALYTIC           •   GENERATIVE
•   PROBABILITY        •   POSSIBILITY
•   OBJECTIVE          •   SUBJECTIVE
•   VERBAL             •   VISUAL
STAGES
               SATURATION
                            DELIBERATION




                              INCUBATION




                                ACCOMODATION


ILLUMINATION
HOW TO BE CREATIVE?????
LETS SEE HOW FAST!!!!
Read aloud the following colours as fast as you can:
Now quickly read aloud the colours of the following words ...
not the words themselves, but the colours in which the words
                        are shown

                           RED
                           BLUE
                          BLACK
                         YELLOW
                           RED
                          GREEN
                         ORANGE
                          BLUE
                          GRAY
                           PINK
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            CHARACTERTISTICS OF
             CREATIVE THINKER
 They prefer complexity and some degree
  of apparent imbalance in phenomena.
 They are more complex
  psychodynamically and have greater
  personal scope.
 They are more independent in there
  judgement.
 They are more self-assertive and
  dominant.
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NATURE OF CREATIVE
THINKER
 CONVERGENT    THINKER.




 DIVERGENT   THINKER.
Negative Attitudes That
       Block Creativity
 1. Oh no, a problem! The reaction to a problem
  is often a bigger problem than the problem
  itself.
 2. It can't be done. This attitude is, in effect,
  surrendering before the battle. By assuming
  that something cannot be done or a problem
  cannot be solved, a person gives the problem
  a power or strength it didn't have before
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 3. I can't do it. Or There's nothing I can
  do. Some people think, well maybe the
  problem can be solved by some expert
 4. That's childish. In our effort to appear
  always mature and sophisticated.
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Positive attitude for Creativity
 Curiosity : Creative people want to
  know things..
 Eg - I was once repairing something …
 Challenge :- Curious people like to
  challenge assumptions behind Ideas,
  proposals , problems..
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A  belief that most problem can be solved :- By
  faith at first and experience later on …the creative
  thinker beliefs that something can always
   Be done..
 Problems are interesting …. Many people confront
   ever problem with a sudden and turn of a head
  ….
•   deny being creative.
•   too serious at work
•   Need to follow rules
•   Doing always with confusion
•   Fear of committing mistakes
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Creative Thinking Puzzles
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PUZZLE 1
                 There   is blood on
                  the ceiling of my
                bedroom. There has
                 been no murder or
                    killing of any
                person. Nobody has
                played any trick on
                           me.
                Can you suggest a
                        logical
                    explanation?
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Clue To Puzzle 1
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Answer To Puzzle 1
 A mosquito bit me. It later
  landed on my bedroom
  ceiling. I climbed on the
 bed and I swatted it on my
 ceiling. (So the blood is my
      own as well as the
         mosquito's).
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Puzzle 2

            An     ordinary American
                citizen, with no
                passport, visits over
                thirty foreign
                countries in one day.
                He is welcomed in each
                country, and leaves
                each one of his own
                accord.
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Clue To Puzzle 2
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Answer To Puzzle 2
  He   is a mail courier who
    delivers packages to the
 different foreign embassies in
 the United States. The land of
  an embassy belongs to the
  country of the embassy, not
       to the United States.
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Puzzle 3

            A man is born
              in 1972 and
             dies in 1952
               at the age
                 of 25.
               How is this
                possible?
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Clue To Puzzle 3
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Answer To Puzzle 3
He's  born in room number 1972
  of a hospital and dies in room
 number 1952. The numbers can
  of course vary; it was originally
     set up with those numbers
  reversed (born in 1952, died in
 1972), but I like it better this way.
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Creative thinking1

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  • 3.
    LEFT RIGHT Logical Thinking Creative Thinking • ANALYTIC • GENERATIVE • PROBABILITY • POSSIBILITY • OBJECTIVE • SUBJECTIVE • VERBAL • VISUAL
  • 4.
    STAGES SATURATION DELIBERATION INCUBATION ACCOMODATION ILLUMINATION
  • 5.
    HOW TO BECREATIVE?????
  • 15.
    LETS SEE HOWFAST!!!! Read aloud the following colours as fast as you can:
  • 16.
    Now quickly readaloud the colours of the following words ... not the words themselves, but the colours in which the words are shown RED BLUE BLACK YELLOW RED GREEN ORANGE BLUE GRAY PINK
  • 17.
    17 CHARACTERTISTICS OF CREATIVE THINKER  They prefer complexity and some degree of apparent imbalance in phenomena.  They are more complex psychodynamically and have greater personal scope.  They are more independent in there judgement.  They are more self-assertive and dominant.
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    18 NATURE OF CREATIVE THINKER CONVERGENT THINKER.  DIVERGENT THINKER.
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    Negative Attitudes That Block Creativity  1. Oh no, a problem! The reaction to a problem is often a bigger problem than the problem itself.  2. It can't be done. This attitude is, in effect, surrendering before the battle. By assuming that something cannot be done or a problem cannot be solved, a person gives the problem a power or strength it didn't have before
  • 20.
    20  3. Ican't do it. Or There's nothing I can do. Some people think, well maybe the problem can be solved by some expert  4. That's childish. In our effort to appear always mature and sophisticated.
  • 21.
    21 Positive attitude forCreativity  Curiosity : Creative people want to know things..  Eg - I was once repairing something …  Challenge :- Curious people like to challenge assumptions behind Ideas, proposals , problems..
  • 22.
    22 A beliefthat most problem can be solved :- By faith at first and experience later on …the creative thinker beliefs that something can always Be done..  Problems are interesting …. Many people confront ever problem with a sudden and turn of a head ….
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    deny being creative. • too serious at work • Need to follow rules • Doing always with confusion • Fear of committing mistakes
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  • 25.
    25 PUZZLE 1  There is blood on the ceiling of my bedroom. There has been no murder or killing of any person. Nobody has played any trick on me. Can you suggest a logical explanation?
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    27 Answer To Puzzle1 A mosquito bit me. It later landed on my bedroom ceiling. I climbed on the bed and I swatted it on my ceiling. (So the blood is my own as well as the mosquito's).
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    28 Puzzle 2  An ordinary American citizen, with no passport, visits over thirty foreign countries in one day. He is welcomed in each country, and leaves each one of his own accord.
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  • 30.
    30 Answer To Puzzle2 He is a mail courier who delivers packages to the different foreign embassies in the United States. The land of an embassy belongs to the country of the embassy, not to the United States.
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    31 Puzzle 3 A man is born in 1972 and dies in 1952 at the age of 25. How is this possible?
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    33 Answer To Puzzle3 He's born in room number 1972 of a hospital and dies in room number 1952. The numbers can of course vary; it was originally set up with those numbers reversed (born in 1952, died in 1972), but I like it better this way.
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