Psychology / Unit 7 Psych 0801 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Divergent and Convergent Thinking
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The idea
Divergent thinking generates many possible solutions; convergent thinking narrows to the single best one.
In practice
Listing twenty uses for a brick is divergent; selecting the one that solves the task is convergent.
Where people slip
Creativity requires both. Generation without selection produces volume rather than a solution.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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