Creative Thinking Notes

Dr. Jorge Vanegas

·         Do you trust your brain or eyes?

Optical Illusions

Muller-Lyer Illusion

Black and white marks-picture of Jesus

Klein Bottle

·         Boxing Comparison

Revolutionary idea-Challenger 

Conventional Idea- Champion

·         Synesthesia- condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color

·         Gardner’s Seven Intelligences

1.       Word Smart (linguistic)- express with words

2.       Math Smart (logical-mathematical)- logical, consider proportions

3.       Picture Smart (visual-spatial)- think in pictures, art

4.       Music Smart (musical)- reflect on music

5.       Body Smart (bodily-kinesthetic)- trained responses

6.       People Smart (interpersonal)- interact well with others

7.       Self Smart (intrapersonal)- understand themselves

Ability that needs to be perfected- Synchronize, multi-tasking

Janusian Thinking- creators’ ability to actively conceive multiple ideas simultaneously.

Selective Combination- seeing a way to combine relevant information once you’ve detected it. Differences allow symbiosis.

Reproductive Thinking- math classes, problems that look the same and are solved in the same manner