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Creativity Traits

Creativity Traits:

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

Thinking/Cognitive Characteristics:

  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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