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C.C. CHAPTER 2 OUTLINE- JOHNSON & HACKMAN THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO CREATIVITY

COGNITIVE APPROACHES
 * 1) Define divergent and convergent thinking as discussed by **J. P. Guilford**.

1. F 2. F 3. O 4. E
 * 1) What are his four factors found in divergent thinking? Briefly define each.

4. Who is **Paul Torrance**?

5. What were the 2 conclusions he came to after testing children?

6. Explain **Sarnoff Mednick’s** associational approach to creativity.


 * 1) Explain **Simon**’s cognitivists’ “nothing special” view of creativity and problem solving.


 * 1) What factors did Simon feel were key?

PERSON-CENTERED APPROACHES “creative people share certain characteristics
 * 1) Explain the IPAR studies and the instruments used in criterion group studies.


 * 1) What does **Frank Barron** argue about the creative personality?


 * 1) What is a historiometric survey?


 * 1) What variables does **Dean Simonton** identify in creatives?


 * 1) What are the weaknesses of historiometric surveys?


 * 1) Explain the “Evolving Systems” approach used by **Howard Gruber** in case studies.


 * 1) What are the flaws of this form of study?

MOTIVATIONAL APPROACHES identify reasons behind creative labor
 * 1) Explain “problem finding” as creative motivation as explained by **Mackworth & Getzels**.


 * 1) How does **Rothenberg** view creativity & mental health?


 * 1) Explain creativity as part of self-actualization ( **Maslow** and **Carl Rogers**)?


 * 1) Explain the Intrinsic Motivation Hypothesis proposed by **Teresa Amabile**.