30/6/2010

This week we learn about diverging thinking and convergent thinking. Divergent thinking is brainstorming and looking for alternatives. Convergent thinking is someone who takes all the information and possibilities and come up/turns into a solution. That's why creativity is a process of divergent thinking followed by convergent thinking. However most people are good at either divergent thinking or convergent thinking, usually not both. Then someone said that divergent thinking is great when you want to know new people or understand them. Mr Yap says that male species when desperate, are most creative, and that is why they use their creativeness at the wrong places. 

From www.uphaa.com

People who have divergent thinking have these few characteristics: nonconformity, curiosity, willingness to take risks and persistence. Researches says that musicians are more adept at utilizing both hemispheres of the brain, and more likely use divergent thinking in their thought processes. Free writing is also a kind of divergent thinking because you will focus on 1 particular topic and write non-stop about it for a short period of time, in a stream of consciousness fashion. 

From scholasticadministrator.typepad.com

Psychologists have proven that high IQ doesn't not necessarily mean creative. Divergent thinking means we have to ask what, where, why, who, when and how. Advantages of mind maps is that they are visually stimulating, improve creativity and recall, is clear and appropriate, saves time, real issues, receptive and confident, flow of thought of new discoveries, harmony with the brain's natural desire of completion. 

From www.mindmapart.com

Mind maps divide into 2: logical mind map and associated mind map. Logical mind maps usually are stereotypes, directly related to the central subject through its link. Associated mind maps are random words, seemingly no connection. Stereotypes are not based on objective truth but rather subjective and sometimes unverifiable content matter. 


This week our assignment is to make a mind map of ourselves. So here it is: