In praise of convergent thinking
In praise of convergent thinking
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DOI：
10.1207/s15326934crj1803_13
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Cropley, Arthur
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作者：
Cropley, Arthur
通过不受约束的发散思维自由生产可变性，提供了毫不费力的创造力的诱人前景，但如果不适应现实，就有可能产生准创造力或伪创造力。因此，创造性思维似乎包括两个组成部分：产生新奇（通过发散思维）和评价新奇（通过收敛思维）。在聚合思维领域，知识尤其重要：它是思想的来源，建议解决方案的途径，并提供有效性和新奇的标准。这两种思维方式的协同作用可以从思维方式或创造性产品生成阶段的角度来理解。在实际情况中，没有收敛思维的发散思维会导致各种问题，包括鲁莽的变化。尽管如此，那些歌颂聚合思维的人必须小心：太少和太多都不利于创造力。
Free production of variability through unfettered divergent thinking holds out the seductive promise of effortless creativity but runs the risk of generating only quasicreativity or pseudocreativity if it is not adapted to reality. Therefore, creative thinking seems to involve 2 components: generation of novelty (via divergent thinking) and evaluation of the novelty (via, convergent thinking). In the area of convergent thinking, knowledge is of particular importance: It is a source of ideas, suggests pathways to solutions, and provides criteria of effectiveness and novelty. The way in which the 2 kinds of thinking work together can be understood in terms of thinking styles or of phases in the generation of creative products. In practical situations, divergent thinking without convergent thinking can cause a variety of problems including reckless change. Nonetheless, care must be exercised by those who sing the praises of convergent thinking: Both too little and too much is bad for creativity.