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:

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Mrs. White's disappointment stems from James not following the intended project (making a holiday picture frame) and instead using the materials (Popsicle sticks) for an unintended purpose (a car ramp). This indicates she values the end product (the picture frame) over the creative process James engaged in (using the sticks creatively for his own idea). Her focus is on achieving a specific outcome rather than encouraging exploration and divergent thinking, which is characterized by generating multiple solutions to a problem or multiple uses for an object, as James did.

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