Name: Omar Gamal tawfik

ID: 291800293
1) Choose the correct Answer:
1- “The production of novel, appropriate ideas in any realm of human activity, from science,
to arts, education, business, and to everyday life.
a- Creativity.
b- Innovation.
c- Improvement.

2- “A belief in new ideas and making them into reality in the forms of new products or
services providing by organizations in the marketplace”
a-Creativity.
b- Innovation.
c-Implementation.

3- The dominant factors are usually identified as "The four Ps" of creativity theories are:
a- Process, Product, Person, and Place.
b- Place, procurement, person and process.
c- Process, procedures, Place and product.

4- Wallas stage model is four-stage process consists of:

a- Verification, illumination, transformation and acceleration.

b- Preparation, incubation, illumination and verification.
c- Preparation, incubation, illumination and explanation.

5- If someone asked you what 2 + 2 is, you know there is only one solution that works and you
can use your addition ability to find the best answer, which is 4, what is the type of thinking
here?

a- Divergent.
b- Convergent.
c- Lateral.
6- De Bone in his book “The Use of Lateral Thinking” divides thinking into two methods:

a) “Sequential thinking” and “holistic thinking”

b) "vertical thinking," and "lateral thinking
c) “Concrete thinking “and “Abstract thinking”

7- De Bono cites the Judgment of Solomon as an example of …………. thinking,

a- Vertical b-Lateral. C- Convergent.

2) Put True or false and correct the false ones:

1- Creativity” and “innovation” are often used interchangeably; they are not two separate
concepts.” False (they are 2 separate concepts)
2- In componential theory of creativity, innovation and creativity have compatible
relationship. True
3- “Creative thinking” Is the way, which we use when we come up with a new idea, so it
must be only accidental. False (accidental and deliberate)
4- Critical thinking is not based on intellectual standards. False (based on intellectual
standards)
5- Concrete thinking is the same as abstract thinking. False (different)
6- Abstract thinkers see the flag as a symbol of liberty and freedom. True
7- Analytical thinking is a logical fallacy in which the reasoned begins with what they are
trying to end with. False (circular thinking)

3) Essay questions:
1- Explain the intellectual standards?
1) Clarity : forces the thinking to be explained well so it is easy to understand.
2) Accuracy: goes one step further than accuracy. It demands that the words and data used are exact . If
no more details could be added then it has precision.
3) Relevance
4) Depth
5) Breadth
6) Logical
7) Significance
8) Fairness
 2- Discuss two types of thinking with examples?
Creative thinking:

1) is the way which we use when we come up with a new idea “think out of the box".
2) It can be accidental or deliberate.
3) It is the merging of ideas which have not been merged before.
4) It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves creativity and
innovation.

Example: if I have more than one person creative in the company it leads for increasing profit and innovation.

Critical thinking:

1) it is based on intellectual standards.

2) It involves the examination of elements of thought hidden in all reasoning ,purpose,problem.
3) It is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing and evaluating
Information by observation as a guide to be belief and action.