CREATIVE AND CRITICAL

THINKING IN THE SMALL GROUP

Chapter 7

What is Creative Thinking?

Begins with imaginations, intuition, and creativity

What is Creative Thinking?

Four Factors Crucial To Creative Thinking:

1. Support2. Tolerance3. Teamwork4. Deadline

What is Creative Thinking?

Types Of Thinking Involved:1. Divergent2. Convergent

What is Creative Thinking?

Four Crucial Characteristics Of The Group:

1. Diversity2. Structure3. Overall Climate4. Environment

Enhancing Group Activity

Brainstorming

Preview Problem

Ideas

Evaluation

Enhancing Group Activity

Brainstorming

Brainwriting

Electronic Brainstorming

Enhancing Group Activity

Metaphors + Analogies =

Synectics

Techniques:- Perspective- Comparison- Imagination

Enhancing Group Activity

Mind-Mapping

Group Leader

Group MembersIdeas

What Makes Thinking Critical?

What is the difference between critical and creative thinking?

Evidence

Logic

What Makes Thinking Critical?

How Are Creative and Critical thinking Related?

“Creative thinking is essential to productivity and effective problem-solving", while “critical thinking involves careful and systematic examination of the information used by the group.”

Enhancing Critical Thinking In A Group

Have The Right Attitude

* Wanting to do things right

* Prove – It

Enhancing Critical Thinking In A Group

Gathering Information

Assessment

Sources

Enhancing Critical Thinking In A Group

Evaluate The Gathered Information

1.Meaning2.Fact, opinion, or inference3.Ambiguous terms and

phrases

Enhancing Critical Thinking In A Group

Check For Errors In Reasoning

Fallacies – Fallacies tend to sidetrack the argument or discussion, taking the audiences attention from the original and /or main issue

Watch For:-Overgeneralization- Off-topic attacks-Correlation = Causality -Either-or-Inaccurate comparisons

Groupthink

Groupthink

“…commonly refers to bad decision-making due to poor

information processing in groups.”

Groupthink

Symptoms Of Groupthink

Overconfidence

Close-mindedness

Pressure to conform

Groupthink

Preventing Groupthink

Search out opinions

Welcome opposition

Discourage influence from leaders

Prevent insulation

Group Activity

“The early bird may get the worm/ but the second mouse gets the cheese.”

It’s Quiz Time!