Chapter 01: The Concept of Creativity

Chapter 01: The Concept of Creativity

Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 1 1.The most important thing to realize about creativity is that everyone possesses it.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What is Creativity?

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CREA.BECK.12.1.1 - Define creativity, and compare and contrast the kinds of creativity.NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC.01c - Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning settings, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understanding 2.One definition of creativity describes it as the process of bringing something new into being.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What is Creativity?

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CREA.BECK.12.1.1 - Define creativity, and compare and contrast the kinds of creativity.NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC.01c - Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning settings, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understanding 3.Convergent thinking usually results in many answers or solutions to a question or problem.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: Thought Processes and Creativity

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CREA.BECK.12.1.1 - Define creativity, and compare and contrast the kinds of creativity.NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC.01c - Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning settings, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.United States - DAP 2E5 - To strengthen children’s sense of competence and confidence as learners, motivation to persist, and willingness to take risks, educators provide experiences Creative Activities and Curriculum for Young Children, 12e Mary Mayesky, Rebecca Howard (Test Bank, All Chapters. 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)

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that build on a child’s funds of knowledge, are culturally and linguistically responsive, and are designed for each child to be challenged and genuinely successful KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

4. The creative process involves two parts: discovering and producing.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: What is Creativity?

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CREA.BECK.12.1.1 - Define creativity, and compare and contrast the kinds of creativity.NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC.01c - Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning settings, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

• Research on creativity has shown that the best motivations for creativity are structure and organization.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What is Creativity?

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CREA.BECK.12.1.1 - Define creativity, and compare and contrast the kinds of creativity.NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC.01c - Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning settings, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understanding

• An example of “Capital C” creativity is the invention of the light bulb.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What is Creativity?

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

• Creativity with older children involves greater emphasis on the criterion of original thinking.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: Working with Older Children

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CREA.BECK.12.1.11 - Be aware if the strategies available to support creativity for older children, even in settings that emphasize preparation for standardized testing.KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

8. Children enjoy creativity and benefit from it in many ways, including:

• developing their potential to follow directions.
• developing existing skills.
• learning to seek the right answer to a problem.
• developing their potential to think and developing new skills.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: Importance of Creativity: Benefits for Teachers and Children

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CREA.BECK.12.1.2 - List three ways in which children and teachers benefit from an environment in which creativity is encouraged.NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC.01c - Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning setting, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.United States - DAP 4E3 - To extend the range of children’s interests and the scope of their thoughts, educators present novel experiences and introduce stimulating ideas, problems, experiences, or hypotheses.KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

9. Some characteristics of creative children are that they are:

• easily discouraged and self-deprecatory.
• compliant and conforming.
• rigid and unoriginal.
• stubborn, discontented, and self-satisfied.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Difficult

REFERENCES: Characteristics of Creative Children

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False 3 / 4

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CREA.BECK.12.1.4 - Explain the ways in which you, as a professional, will recognize, understand, and respond to characteristics of children who demonstrate a creative disposition, including positive and negative aspects of such characteristics.NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC.01c - Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning setting, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.United States - DAP 2E5 - To strengthen children’s sense of competence and confidence as learners, motivation to persist, and willingness to take risks, educators provide experiences that build on a child’s funds of knowledge, are culturally and linguistically responsive, and are designed for each child to be challenged and genuinely successful KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understanding

10. A creative behavior is an act that is:

• performed only once by an individual.
• valued only by the doer and not by others.
• original for the individual on a one-time basis.
• original for the individual and valued by that person or others.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Difficult

REFERENCES: What is Creativity?

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CREA.BECK.12.1.1 - Define creativity, and compare and contrast the kinds of creativity.NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC.01c - Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning setting, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understanding

11. Teachers promote creativity when they help children:

• appreciate themselves for being able to follow rules.
• learn to judge and accept their own feelings.
• recognize that there is usually one best answer to a problem.
• realize that problems usually have an easy answer.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: Helping Children Express Creativity

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CREA.BECK.12.1.9 - Identify strategies you can implement in your classroom practice to help children develop confidence in expressing their creativity.NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC.01c - Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning setting, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.United States - DAP 4D1 - Educators arrange firsthand, meaningful experiences that are cognitively and creatively stimulating, invite exploration and investigation, and engage children’s active, sustained involvement.

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