Briefly outline the 10 “mental locks” that can limitindividual creativity. Give an example of a situationin which you subjected yourself to one of thesemental locks.

Each of the questions given below has a paragraph which is followed by four alternative summaries. Choose the alternative that best captures the essence of the paragraph.Believing that creativity is due to some underlying, uncontrollable factor reinforces the idea that few people are capable of true creativity, which prevents many from realising their own potential. It also undermines the skill and effort that creative endeavours require, if we can simply chalk it up to the consequence of a disorder. And the connection between mood disorders and creativity influences the very way we view the creative work of others: university students who were told the story of Van Gogh cutting off his ear before they examined his painting Sunflowers (1888) took a more favourable view of it than those who weren’t told the story. Similarly, students priced a piece of artwork higher when a fictitious artist’s biography briefly mentioned that he was ‘often described as very eccentric’.Associating creativity with an underlying disorder undermines the skill and effort in creative endeavours, while stymying creativity and altering the perception towards creative work.Positive perception towards creativity is coloured by the false belief that it is the consequence of a disorder, and something only a few people are capable of.Attributing creativity to an underlying disorder makes it look like an unachievable goal, while undermining creative skill and effort and influencing our perception towards it.Creativity is falsely associated with an underlying disorder, thereby slighting the effort and skill in a creative endeavour, whilst enhancing the general perception towards it.

What action will likely limit your ability to be creative?Group of answer choicesallowing yourself to relaxgiving yourself an unlimited amount of time to come up with the best solutionletting other people contribute to your creative processfocusing too narrowly on a single problem

5. Which one of the following lists consist of only triggers of creativity?*Encouragement, conducive environment, reflective reframing, and lack of inhibitionsAsking open questions, allow failure, perfectionism, and allowing learners to learn by doingResource availability, learning by doing, rigidity of thoughts, and respect to learners’ inputsEncouraging curiosity, intolerance of criticism, current happenings, need for solution

Write your own definition of creativity

The video entitled ‘The Creativity Delusion: We’re all geniuses’ presents the following ideas (select the correct answers): a.. While the unconscious mind does help you organise the information you gain it is the conscious process that helps you tackle, verify and implement new ideas.b.. Breaks, especially longer breaks help because time enables you to forget the little details.c.. An experiment was conducted that sought to compare ideas by three groups of people. Some were given breaks of varying lengths and some were not given breaks. No significant difference was found in relation to participants’ ability to come up with ideas.d.. Dunker found that the solution to a problem came in a giant leap after an incubation period.e.. Solutions come through small iterative steps, observing, evaluating, iterating and building up to creation.Group of answer choicesAnswers a, b, d and e are correct.Answers a, b, c and e are correct.Answers c, b, d, and e are correct.Answers a, c, d and e are correct.