Assignment#3: What is Creativity?
Grade: 100 points

There are no right or wrong answers here. A large part of being creative is having the confidence that your thoughts/ideas are valid. Fear of saying something "stupid" hinders our ability to be creative.

Objectives:
1. Gain confidence in your ability to share ideas with others.
2. Gain a better understanding of what creativity is.
3. Learning the importance of respecting the opinions of others by taking the time to comment on their ideas in a positive manner (it's okay to disagree with anothers opoinion or idea).
5. Establishing a safe environment to express your opinions.

Begin by discussing the questions below with a friend or relative or maybe someone at your local coffee shop or have an IM chat with a friend on one of the social networks(i.e Facebook, Twitter, Bebo) or a fellow avatar in one of the virtual worlds (i.e. Second Life) you might belong to. The point here is not to work alone in a vacuum.

Once you have answered all the questions (in a short narrative/paragraph form), post them in Week#1 What is Creativity Discussion. Be sure to let us know who your partner(s) was(were) and if your discussion was a lively one.

For full credit, you MUST comment on at least TWO other classmates discussions.

1. What is creativity?

2. Are only geniuses creative?

3. What is ordinary thinking? What is creative thinking?

4. Are there certain personality traits that are found in creative people?

5. Is creativity inherited?

6. Are creative people considered odd and more unstable mentally?

7. Are there gender differences in creativity?

8. Is age relevant to creativity?

9. Why does creativity lay dormant,or never surfaces in an individual?

10. Does environment, happy or unhappy, have an impact on creativity?