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1.“Convergent thinking”—“the ability to scan many relevant facts, then zero in on those facts most likely to result in the correct solution to a particular problem.”
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I personally loathe this sort of test, but early studies of creativity in the 1950s and 1960s used it. The idea is that most people get stuck in one mode of thought and creative people consider unusual and original alternatives. I prefer the more recent studies of creativity that do experiments or case studies of people actually creating in their fields.
Amabile, one of the most respected psychologists in the field today, might say that problems like the above are not true creativity: they are “algorithmic,” dependent on coming up with the one correct formula, rather than “heuristic,” defining original procedures. She adds that many views of creativity mention defining the problem as an important part of the process.44 This would certainly be true in math, science, and engineering. (See Chapter 10.)
