Creacción LectureCognitive Mechanismsin Creative DesignCreacción LectureCognitive Mechanismsin Creative Design
Steven M. SmithSteven M. Smith
Department of PsychologyDepartment of Psychology
Texas A&M UniversityTexas A&M University
Developing Pedagogical Models for Interdisciplinary Creation and Research ProcessesDeveloping Pedagogical Models for Interdisciplinary Creation and Research Processes
Approaches to the Study of CreativityApproaches to the Study of Creativity
1.Creative Products1.Creative Products
2.Creative Personalities2.Creative Personalities
3.Creative Processes3.Creative Processes
What is Creativity? Creative ProcessesWhat is Creativity? Creative Processes
Creative Cognitive ProcessesCreative Cognitive Processes
Knowledge/SkillKnowledge/Skill
Divergent ProductionDivergent Production
FixationFixation
Intuitive GuidingIntuitive Guiding
Opportunistic AssimilationOpportunistic Assimilation
Mind WanderingMind Wandering
Visual SynthesisVisual Synthesis
Cognitive RestructuringCognitive Restructuring
Structured ImaginationStructured Imagination
Abstract ThinkingAbstract Thinking
Conceptual CombinationConceptual Combination
Analogical TransferAnalogical Transfer
1.To know how to train creative thinking.
2.To create new tools to support creative thinking.
3.To support the process of creative design.
Creative CognitionWhy do we need to studyCreative Cognition?
Creative CognitionCreative Cognition
Generative ProcessesGenerative Processes
Exploratory ProcessesExploratory Processes
Producing IdeationalStructuresProducing IdeationalStructures
Exploring IdeationalStructuresExploring IdeationalStructures
Creative CognitionCreative Cognition
Generative ProcessesGenerative Processes
Exploratory ProcessesExploratory Processes
Divergent ProductionDivergent Production
Intuitive GuidingIntuitive Guiding
Mental PlayMental Play
Opportunistic AssimilationOpportunistic Assimilation
Cognitive RestructuringCognitive Restructuring
Structured ImaginationStructured Imagination
Abstract ThinkingAbstract Thinking
Conceptual ExtensionConceptual Extension
Conceptual CombinationConceptual Combination
Analogical TransferAnalogical Transfer
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unconsciousunconscious
Mental Play: VISUAL SYNTHESISMental Play: VISUAL SYNTHESIS
Playing with forms to generatePlaying with forms to generate
pre-inventive structures for exploringpre-inventive structures for exploring
Structured ImaginationStructured Imagination
New (creative) ideas are based onexisting concepts and schemas.New (creative) ideas are based onexisting concepts and schemas.
Structured ImaginationStructured Imagination
New (creative) ideas are based onexisting concepts and schemas.New (creative) ideas are based onexisting concepts and schemas.
Path of Least ResistancePath of Least Resistance
Conceptual extension tends to beginwith a basic level category, and then becomemore specific.Conceptual extension tends to beginwith a basic level category, and then becomemore specific.
Abstraction promotes creative ways toredefine problems. Abstraction promotes creative ways toredefine problems.
Redefining ProblemsRedefining Problems
Abstraction promotes creative ways toredefine problems. Abstraction promotes creative ways toredefine problems.
Redefining ProblemsRedefining Problems
Abstract ThinkingAbstract Thinking
Analogical TransferAnalogical Transfer
Conceptual CombinationConceptual Combination
ABSTRACT THINKINGABSTRACT THINKING
A hierarchical approachA hierarchical approach
Creative Cognition: A “Big Picture”Creative Cognition: A “Big Picture”
Generating Preinventive Knowledge StructuresGenerating Preinventive Knowledge Structures
Divergent ThinkingDivergent Thinking
Intuitive GuidingIntuitive Guiding
FixationFixation
Incubation & InsightIncubation & Insight
Exploring & Playing with KnowledgeExploring & Playing with Knowledge
AbstractionAbstraction
Conceptual ExtensionConceptual Extension
Analogical TransferAnalogical Transfer
Conceptual CombinationConceptual Combination
A flexible collaboration of many different cognitiveprocesses, each contributing in its own way.A flexible collaboration of many different cognitiveprocesses, each contributing in its own way.
Creative CognitionCreative Cognition
