CREATIVITY

HOW CREATIVITY IS BUILT UP INTO ONESELF

STAGE 1- CHILD BELOW 5 YEARS

INFLUENCE OF FAMILY MEMBERS ACTIVITY INSIDE A CLOSE CIRCLE THE ATTRACTED ACTIVITIES WHICH INFLUENCE MOST. RESULT: CREATIVITY EVOLVES BY IMITATION

THEY START TO DO WHAT THEY SEE AT HOME AND TV.

STAGE 2- BELOW 8 YEARS

STARTS TO EXPERIENCE RESULTS ABLE TO DIFFRENTIATE SITUATIONS COMES OUT WITH AN ANSWER RESULT: NOT CREATIVE BUT AN IMPULSIVE REACTION CREATIVITY GETS STARTED BUT NOT HAS ITS FULL SHAPE

STAGE 3- AT SCHOOL
INPUTS ARE BEEN GIVEN REGULARLY STARTS LEARNING OBSERVATION TAKES PLACE ATTITUDE IS BUILT UP BEHAVIOUR GETS TUNED UP MOULDING OF STUDENT BY TEACHER IS VERY IMPORTANT INFLUENCED BY FRIENDS

RESULT
WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN A PROBLEM THEY STARTS TO THINK IRRELAVENT OF FIELDS(SPORTS,LESSONS.WORK.LIFE ETC) STRATEGIC THINKING STARTS THROUGH SPORTS AND STUDIES CREATIVITY STARTS WHEN THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO PROBLEMS AND ARE BEEN REWARDED

STAGE 4-ADULT
NURTURING OF TALENTS IS DONE IN COLLEGES THEY ARE EXPOSED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS SOME ARE CREATIVE IN SOLVING FORMULAE,CALCULATIONS ETC SOME ARE CREATIVE IN SOLVING PHYSCOLOGICAL PROBLEMS CREATIVITY TAKES PLACE IN THIS STAGE FULLY

RESULT
SELF EVALUATION CONCENTRATE HIS WEAKNESS THEY PERFORM SWOT ANALYSIS CAN COME OUT WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. SOLVE PROBLEMS

ALL THE TRAINEES SHOULD DO SWOT ANALYSIS AND EXPLAIN.

CREATIVITY EXERCISES

Exercise - 1
There is a Glass with no lid and some water in it.

This Glass is more than half full said Ram.

No its not, said Raj. Its less than half full. Without any measuring implements and without removing any water from the glass, how can

they easily determine. Who is Correct?

Answer: They must tilt the glass until the water reaches the rim of the glass. If they can see the bottom of the barrel then it is less than half full.

Exercise - 2

Answer: Keep the first bulb switched on for a few minutes. It gets warm, right? So all you have to do then is . Switch it off, switch another one on, walk into the room which has the bulbs, touch them and tell that the warm bulb belongs to first switch, the glowing bulb belongs to the switch which is on and the third bulb belongs to the untouched switch.

Exercise - 3
Answer: Use one nut from each of the other three wheels.

square

Exercise - 4 Break down the square into 4 equal parts as many design as possible.

answer

Regular answer

You can divide it into infinite number of designs. Some Examples given below.

Perceptual Blocks
Stereotypes: seeing what is familiar

Isolating the problem

Delimiting the problem too closely

Inability to have multiple views of the

problem

Saturation

definition

Definitions
The ability to make new combinations. The

new combinations is termed an innovation.

High creativity is the ability to make innovations of especially great social worth.

What
is CREATIVITY

What is Creativity?

Creativity is as old as the mankind is on this

earth The earliest man started living inside the caves for his physical comfort or to escape from the attack of dinosaurs it was a creative act

What is Creativity? Then he started using sharp stone as weapon for hunting.

He found that for moving an object it is

easier to roll it. In this process the wheels came.

What is Creativity? Then he made fire. These are all the creative acts of mankind. So creativity started the moment life began in

this planet.

What is Creativity? But creativity, as a science, is very young.

So there are several definitions and

several view points on

What is creativity?

Creativity - The ability to conceive new ideas

- A tool of survival
- Looking where all have looked and seeing what no one has seen

- A conscious escape from the routine

Creativity

- Relating of unrelated things

- Shaking hands with tomorrow - Doing what others have not done

- Listening for smells

objectives

OBJECTIVES
To break the habit of self-imposed imaginary boundaries and other blocks to creativity To bring increased sensitivity to problem, needs and opportunities in life To apply idea generation techniques for solving day to day problems

OBJECTIVES To expand on thinking options and stress on Lateral Thinking To build on knowledge of problem solving procedures To encourage creative and innovative abilities of others To make others accept new ideas and gain acceptance

barriers

Main Barriers to Creativity

Habits Perception Past Experience Formal Education Environment / Organizational culture

Five figures

Exercise - 6 Five Figures are given below. Pick out the one that is different from all others.

answer

Exercise - 6 Answer Each figure can be considered as different from others if you

choose to look at them in different ways.

Fig.1 The only one with more than two axes symmetry

Exercise - 6 Answer Each figure can be considered as different from others if you

choose to look at them in different ways.

Fig.2 The only one with no curves

Exercise - 6 Answer Each figure can be considered as different from others if you choose to look at them in different ways. Fig.3 The only one with no axes of symmetry

Exercise - 6 Answer Each figure can be considered as different from others if you

choose to look at them in different ways.

Fig.4 The only one with both a curve and a straight line

Exercise - 6 Answer Each figure can be considered as different from others if you

choose to look at them in different ways.

Fig.5 The only one which would fall over if it is a solid figure.

Volumes of books

Exercise - 9 Four Volumes of Books are kept in the shelf. The Total Pages of each volume are exactly five cm thick and the front and back covers are each half cm thick. A book worm starts eating from page 1 of volume I and eats his way till the last page of volume IV. Through what distance did the book worm eat?

V O L

V O L

V O L U M E III

V O L U M E IV

U M E
I

U M E
II

answer

Exercise - 9

V O L

V O L U M E II

V O L U M E III

V O L U M E IV

Answer : 13 cms.

U M E
I

Learning:
Recognizing the whole problem is half the battle. Habitual ways of looking at things hamper creative problem solving. The more familiar the situation or object, the harder it is to see it differently. Creativity requires a fresh pair of eyes

Nine dots

Exercise - 11

answer

Exercise - 11

Exercise - 11

Effect of effort

Effect of Effort
Effect of Effort on Creativity Comfort with your present level of performance Concentration Practice Perseverance Follow-up

CREATIVITY techniques

Creativity Techniques
Think of something outrageous Variations on a theme New applications for a product New products for an application Change the sequence Make some feature different A twist on reality

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