Deck 1: The Concept of Creativity

Question 1

Creativity involves the two processes of discovering and producing.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Creativity with older children involves more of an emphasis on the criteria of original thinking.
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Answer 2

False

Question 3

Teachers benefit from encouraging creativity in such ways as:

A) being able to use a more standardized curriculum.
B) learning to recognize children for their unique skills.
C) being able to plan fewer lessons.
D) being able to turn the curriculum over to the children.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Mrs. White was very disappointed when James began to use his Popsicle sticks for a car ramp instead of using them to make the holiday picture frame she had planned. On the basis of information on creativity in your text, Mrs. White:

A) should not plan activities using dangerous objects such as Popsicle sticks.
B) has more concern for process than for product.
C) need not be concerned as long as James is happy and busy.
D) has more concern for product than for process and convergent thinking.

Question 5

Some characteristics of a creative child are:

A) determination, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks.
B) needs companionship for enrichment.
C) enjoys participation in general.
D) stubbornness, fear, and neatness.

Question 6

Learning the "way things are done" is an example of:

A) convergent thinking and an important part of creativity.
B) divergent thinking and an important part of creativity.
C) a part of creativity involving discovery.
D) a part of creativity involving process and discovery.

Question 7

Frequent evaluation:

A) smothers creativity.
B) keeps a child on task.
C) helps improve performance.
D) smothers creativity, keeps a child on task, and helps improve performance.

Question 8

A creative behavior is an act that is:

A) performed only once by an individual.
B) valued only by the doer and not by others.
C) original for the individual on a one-time basis.
D) original for the individual and valued by that person or others.

Question 9

The least important thing to realize about creativity is that only very few people possess it.

Question 10

Research on creativity has shown that the best motivations for creativity are structure and organization.

Question 11

One definition of creativity is the process of bringing something new into being.

Question 12

Teachers can help children express their creativity by helping children:

A) appreciate themselves for being able to follow rules.
B) learn to judge and accept their own feelings.
C) recognize that there is usually one best answer to a problem.
D) both appreciate themselves for being able to follow rules and learn to judge and accept their own feelings.

Question 13

Convergent thinking usually results in many answers or solutions to a question or problem.

Question 14

Some characteristics of creative children are that they are:

A) easily discouraged and self-deprecatory.
B) easily pleased.
C) discontented.
D) stubborn, discontented, and self-satisfied.

Question 15

An example of creativity is:

A) making a puppet out of a new kind of paper.
B) using paper for the first time to make bumps on a collage.
C) using red for a tree.
D) using pencils and crayons in her drawing.

Question 16

Creativity can be encouraged by helping children:

A) feel joy in their creative productions.
B) develop perseverance.
C) learn to judge others' artworks.
D) feel joy in their creative productions and develop perseverance.

Question 17

Children enjoy creativity and benefit from it in many ways, including:

A) developing their potential to think.
B) developing new skills.
C) learning to seek the right answer to a problem.
D) developing their potential to think and developing new skills.

Question 18

Creativity with older children involves:

A) the generation of ideas and products.
B) the creation of ideas and products.
C) the creation of original products and original solutions
D) the creation of original ideas and products

Question 19

Children are being creative when they are:

A) redefining situations, demonstrating stubbornness, and solving problems.
B) solving problems, being adventurous, and giving the correct answer.
C) solving problems, redefining situations, and demonstrating flexibility.
D) demonstrating flexibility, being rational, and solving problems.

Question 20

An example of "Capital C" creativity is the invention of the light bulb.

Question 21

Creation stories passed on by and groups reflect a creative desire.

Question 22

The first part of the creative process is:

A) testing.
B) evaluating.
C) using learned skills.
D) discovery.

Question 23

According to Torrance, one way to enhance your creativity is to:

A) read your favorite books.
B) spend time with friends.
C) go another way to school.
D) increase acceptance.

Question 24

, a pioneer in the study of creativity, suggests that creativity is the ability to produce something novel, something with the stamp of uniqueness on it.

Question 25

With older children, the criteria of creativity involve more of an emphasis on or solutions.

Question 26

Imagination is to creativity as:

A) candy is to a diet.
B) the motor is to an automobile.
C) a comb to a bald man.
D) coal is to an air conditioner.

Question 27

usually results in multiple answers or solutions to a question or problem.

Question 28

results in a single answer or solution to a problem.

Question 29

Creativity has been present throughout history beginning with:

A) nuclear power.
B) prehistoric cave paintings.
C) the steamboat.
D) the wheel.

Question 30

List eight things that can be done for children to help them express natural creative tendencies.

Question 31

Counting the number of fish in an aquarium is an example of thinking.

Question 32

According to Mayesky, one way to improve a school's creativity is:

A) to help children realize that some problems have no easy answers.
B) to reward children for being creative.
C) to help children develop perseverance.
D) all of the above.

Question 33

The most important thing to realize about creativity is that:

A) it involves both convergent and divergent thinking.
B) everyone possesses a certain amount of it.
C) it involves many kinds of thought processes.
D) it involves both convergent and divergent thinking, everyone possesses a certain amount of it, and it involves many kinds of thought processes.

Question 34

Thinking of all the uses for a brick is an example of thinking.

Question 35

According to Paul Torrance, creativity:

A) does not always display itself through desirable behaviors.
B) involves teachers' and students' attitudes.
C) involves habits and environment.
D) involves habitats.

Question 36

Creative children:

A) possess many unlikable traits.
B) possess many likable traits.
C) can be frustrating to work with.
D) can be frustrating yet a joy to work with.