Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides) by Frank J. Bruno

Author:Frank J. Bruno
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2007-09-21T01:59:00+00:00

(c) What logical error picks out a negative attribute of another person?

Answers: (a) appeal to authority; (b) Arguing in circles; (c) Attack on character.

Creative Thinking: The Importance of Originality

Creative thinking is an important factor in writing poems, books, and songs. It is also plays an important role in advancing human understanding in fields of study such as physics, biology, and psychology. Inventions from the airplane to the automobile have required creative thinking. However, creative thinking should not be associated only with such exalted areas of activity such as literature, invention, and science. It is possible to speak of creative cooking, creative gardening, creative child rearing, creative decorating, and so forth. It is clear that creative thinking often has a place in everyday life.

The core feature of the creative process is divergent thinking, thinking that follows new pathways and explores alternative possibilities. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-193 1) provides an example of a person who manifested quite a bit of divergent thought. When he was a child, one of his teachers thought that he was men tally retarded because his answers to questions were so odd, deviant, and unexpected. He is well known for improving the electric light bulb. However, he also invented wax paper and the phonograph. When he died he had patented 1,150 inventions, a record for American inventors that still stands.

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