Group brainstorming
A solution to the notion that preconceptions can inhibit creativity. Encourages multiple people to freely express ideas helpful in problem solving. Participants should be told to share whatever comes to mind and to not be critical of others ideas.
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Group brainstorming
Creative cognition
Latent inhibition (LI)
Savant syndrome
Common Characteristics of Creative People
Divergent vs. Convergent Thinking
Divergent Thinking
Convergent Thinking
Ideation
Insight
Fixation
Mental set
Newell-Simon approach to problem solving
Presentation of problems and ease to solve
Analogical problem solving
Group brainstorming
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Inflexibility
A seasoned chef is famous for a complex sauce made using a traditional whisking technique. The restaurant buys a new high-speed immersion blender designed to create smoother sauces in a fraction of the time. Despite the new tool's potential, the chef continues to apply their old, familiar whisking motions while using the new blender, resulting in a poorly mixed sauce. They fail to adopt a different, simpler approach better suited for the new equipment. Which cognitive obstacle is the chef most clearly demonstrating?