SOLVED PYQs UGC NET (PSYCHOLOGY)
Creativity
UGC NET PSYCHOLOGY
Thinking, Intelligence and Creativity (UNIT 6)
Included Topics: Creativity: Torrance, Getzels & Jackson, Guilford, Wallach & Kogan Relationship between Intelligence and Creativity
1. Read each of the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below: (DEC 2014)
Assertion (A): Creative people usually have a broad range of knowledge about lot of subjects and are good at using mental imagery.
Reason (R): Creative people are often unconventional and value their autonomy.
Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true
2. Which one of the following is not a correct way of stimulating creative thinking? (DEC 2014)
(1) Brainstorming
(2) Keep a diary
(3) Mind mapping
(4) Offering money
3. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer by choosing from codes given below: (JUNE 2015)
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| A. Functional fixedness | I. A cognitive process that employ appropriate novelty to original that suits some purpose |
| B. Bac | II. A problem-solving phenomenon in which people fail to see alternative uses for common objects |
| C. Creal | III. A problem-solving technique involves keeping track of solving process where in assumptions made; so they may later be changed |
| D. Working backward | IV. A problem-solving technique identifies the final goals and steps in reverse order |
Codes:
(1) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
(2) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
(3) A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
(4) A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
4. According to Wallas, creative performance completes through following sequence. (JUNE 2015)
(1) Preparation, Illumination, Incubation, Verification
(2) Problem funding, Problem identification, lucubration, Insight
(3) Problem identification, Preparation, Incubation, Illumination
(4) Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, Verification
5. Creativity is considered to be grounded in right hemisphere because (JUNE 2015)
I. left hemisphere specialises in sequential and analytical processes.
II. right hemisphere specialises in global, parallel and holistic processes.
III. left hemisphere is involved in generation of novel ideas.
IV. creativity involves divergent thinking that is function of right hemisphere.
Codes:
(1) I, II and IV
(2) II, III and I
(3) IV, II and III
(4) II, III and IV
6. Which one of the following can be primarily employed to assess creativity? (JUNE 2015)
(1) Abstract thinking
(2) Convergent thinking
(3) Divergent thinking
(4) Symbolic thinking
7. Intelligence is necessary but not sufficient condition for creativity. It represents (JUNE 2015)
(1) Threshold Theory,
(2) Certification Theory
(3) Interference Theory
(4) Collaborative Theory
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