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divergent thinking
a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions.

Classified under Reasoning and Decision Making
Definition contributed by RPoldrack about two months ago.

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NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_thinking
about one year ago

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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:
a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions.

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Definition contributed by BGregory about two years ago:
a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions. (from Wikipedia)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about three years ago:
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2012-03-28 RPoldrack: RPoldrack updated the definition for divergent thinking
2011-04-29 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for divergent thinking. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/divergent_thinking]
2011-04-29 NPicchetti: Added new topic to discussion
2010-07-19 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for divergent thinking. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/divergent_thinking]
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