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Creativity Traits:

1. Products: Fluency, Flexibility, Originality,, Elaboration
2. Attitudes: Curiosity, Imagination, Complexity, Risk Taking
3. Behaviors: Flexible, Imaginative, Nonconforming, Novel Answers

1. Metaphoric Thinking (new synthesis, perspective, transformation)
2. Flexibility & Skill in Decision Making
3. Independence in Judgment (not compelled by latest trends)
4. Coping Well with Novelty (What if?, work with ideas)
5. Logical Thinking Skills (evidence, conclusions, if-then, cause-effect)
6. Visualization (imagery, personal analogies)
7. Escaping Entrenchment (new angle/pattern, break set, unpredictable)
8. Finding Order in Chaos (complexity in thought, asymmetrical images)
9. Problem Finding
10. Evaluation

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