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Take the pressure off for creativity skills.
Some days ago I introduced the classic Duncker Candle Test from the 1940s and looked at how the concept of functional fixedness (being able to perceive of an object only in terms of its original function) can be a barrier to creativity. I would like to expand upon this concept to look at another way [...]
The Name Game – have you been playing it without noticing?
You may recall that in a previous blog on the power of language I asked the question “What’s in a name?” I looked at how the names that are given to children have been shown to have an effect on how they are subsequently perceived by teachers, before the teachers have even met them. In [...]
Become un-fixed for creativity!
What can a candle, a box of drawing pins and a box of matches tell us about creativity? This was the question posed and answered by psychologist, Karl Duncker in the 1940s. Before we go further please have a look at the photograph below showing the afore-mentioned three things. If I placed these objects in [...]
