involves two types of processes: generative processes and exploratory processes. Generative processes are those that most of us think about when we think of creativity. They are the processes by which creative concepts are first born. These processes are highly visible in extreme acts of creativity, but they are also evident in ordinary, everyday cognition. Examples (from Ward et al.(cited below)) include memory retrieval, association formation among information retrieved from memory, combinations of structures retrieved from memory, the synthesis of new structures, the transformation of retrieved structures into and#34;new forms,and#34; analogical transfer between domains, and and#34;categorical reduction,and#34; which involves reducing existing structures to and#34;more primitive constituentsand#34;. Exploratory processes are the processes used to explore the structures produced by generative processes. Examples of exploratory processes (given by Ward, et al.) include searching retrieved structures for and#34;novel attributes,and#34; searching for and#34;metaphorical implications,and#34; searching for possible functions, and#34;the evaluation of structures from different perspectives or within different contexts,and#34; interpretation of structures from the perspective of the problem(s) to be solved, and and#34;the search for various practical or conceptual limitations that are suggested by the structures.and#34;

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involves two types of processes: generative processes and exploratory processes. Generative processes are those that most of us think about when we think of creativity. They are the processes by which creative concepts are first born. These processes are highly visible in extreme acts of creativity, but they are also evident in ordinary, everyday cognition. Examples (from Ward et al.(cited below)) include memory retrieval, association formation among information retrieved from memory, combinations of structures retrieved from memory, the synthesis of new structures, the transformation of retrieved structures into and#34;new forms,and#34; analogical transfer between domains, and and#34;categorical reduction,and#34; which involves reducing existing structures to and#34;more primitive constituentsand#34;. Exploratory processes are the processes used to explore the structures produced by generative processes. Examples of exploratory processes (given by Ward, et al.) include searching retrieved structures for and#34;novel attributes,and#34; searching for and#34;metaphorical implications,and#34; searching for possible functions, and#34;the evaluation of structures from different perspectives or within different contexts,and#34; interpretation of structures from the perspective of the problem(s) to be solved, and and#34;the search for various practical or conceptual limitations that are suggested by the structures.and#34;

Creative cognition

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Creative cognition

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