CH 5 HW

The four phases in the creative process in order are

background or knowledge accumulation, incubation, idea experience, and evaluation and implementation.

Which of the following is a characteristic of creative people?

bright but not necessarily brilliant

Which of the following statements is true? a. Innovation does not involve change. b. Innovation is the process by which entrepreneurs consume marketable ideas. c. Innovation is the specific function of entrepreneurship. d. Innovation is the government's responsibility.

c. Innovation is the specific function of entrepreneurship.

Which of the following mental habits inhibit creativity and innovation?

either/or thinking, stereotyping

Creativity, in the entrepreneurial context, is the generation of ideas that result in the improved efficiency or effectiveness of a system.

false

Incongruities are gaps or differences between expectations and reality.

false

Many inventions and innovations are a result of inventors seeing new and different relationships among objects, processes, materials, technologies, and people.

false

The phase of the creative process when the idea or solution the individual is seeking is discovered is the

idea experience

Overnight package delivery is illustrative of which source of innovation?

incongruities

What are the four types of innovation?

invention, extension, synthesis, duplication

Logical and analytical skills are developed in the

left hemisphere of the brain.

The incubation process involves which of the following?

letting the subconscious work

Which of the following is not one of the phases in the creative process?

preliminary investigation

The combination of existing concepts and factors into a new formulation would define which of the following terms?

snythesis

Innovation is the process by which entrepreneurs convert opportunities into marketable ideas.

true

One of the most helpful avenues for developing one's own creative talents is to be aware of the habits and mental blocks that stifle creativity.

true

The cognitive ability of entrepreneurs to acquire and transform information has yet to be studied.

true

The four basic types of innovation are invention, extension, duplication, and synthesis.

true

Which of the following are sources of innovation?

unexpected occurrences and incongruities

Which of the following statements is true? a. The right brain helps people understand analogies and imagine things. b. Right and left brain concepts are meaningless. c. The left brain helps people understand analogies and imagine things. d. The right brain helps people analyze and verbalize.

a. The right brain helps people understand analogies and imagine things.

Synthesis is the combining of existing concepts into a new formulation.

false

The four phases of the creative process are knowledge accumulation, incubation, idea experience, and evaluation.

false

Which of the following statements is true? a. Both sides of the brain are important to the creative process. b. The left brain is more important in the creative process than the right brain. c. Motivation, not the brain is the key to the creative process. d. The right brain is more important in the creative process than the left brain.

a. Both sides of the brain are important to the creative process.

The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for logical and analytical skills.

false

Looking for different or unorthodox relationships among elements and people is one way to develop creativity. How might a person develop this capacity?

by perceiving in a relational mode