Critical & Analytical Thinking
Critical & Analytical Thinking
Critical & Analytical Thinking
The frontal lobe (shown in blue) is thought to play an important role in creativity.
Involved in higher mental functions. Executive Control. Decision to pay attention. Develop maximum at 25.
Anything not copied is creative. Learning creativity is learning to manage what you already have instead of learning something entirely new.
Linus Pauling, won Nobel Prize 2 times, asked at a public lecture how one creates scientific theories, replied that one must endeavor to come up with many ideas then discard the useless ones.
Characteristics of Giftedness: Creative reflective/need for time alone artistic and aesthetic interests attracted to novelty, complexity tolerance for ambiguity Intuitive Open minded Perceptive (Davis, 1992)
able to define problems visualization, imagination analogical/metaphorical thinking able to predict outcomes, consequences...
Creativity: cognitive abilities-3 Analysis Synthesis Evaluation logical thinking able to regress Intuition concentration
The basic procedure in creative thinking is to allow your thoughts to diverge-to go in many different directions.
The four basic guidelines for increasing your divergent thinking: Postpone judgment Generate large numbers of ideas Accept the ridiculous Form new links
Creative-Thinking Tools &Techniques Brainstorming Idea writing Mind Mapping Angles Forcing new connections Visual/ Audio Relaxers
Using Creative Tools and Techniques Practice in personal situations Document usefulness Use it soon Start with low-risk situations Use tools and techniques frequently Find safe teams
Find out the creative aspects of the movies! Why are those aspects considered creative? What can we do to make them more creative?
Analytical Thinking
What is analytical thinking? Analytical thinking is the mental activity that helps us make correct decisions.
Critical Thinking
Weighing up the argument and evidence for and against.
FOR Against
Relation between Creative Thinking & Analytical Thinking We can use our creative-thinking skills to come up with hundreds of solutions to our problems, but we need to use our analytical-thinking skills to select the best solution.
Walt Disney It is a kind of fun to do the impossible. I dream, I test my dreams with my beliefs, I dare to take risks and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true.
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Larry Page (google) Best is not the end point, but a starting point for innovation.
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Bill Gates
As we look head into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. We have to put a lot of money into changing behaviors. Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they cannot lose.
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Michael Jordan
Ive failed over and over and over again in my life , and that is why I succeed. Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
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Steven Spielberg
You have many years head of you to create the dreams that we cannot even imagine dreaming.
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Albert Einstein
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
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Thomas Edison I havent failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work. I never did a days work in my life. It was all fun.
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Radiation Process
Sound
Transmitter
sinusoidal wave
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