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2.4 Characteristics of Creative Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5 Types of Creativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5.1 Individual Creativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5.2 Group Creativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.6 Creativity in Computing and Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.7 Models of Creativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.7.1 The Four-Stage Model of Creativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.7.2 Creative Problem Solving (CPS) Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.8 Creativity and Artificial Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.9 Developing Creativity for Computing Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.10 Applications of Creativity in Real-World Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.11 Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.12 Concept of Critical Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.13 Importance of Critical Thinking in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.14 Logical Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.15 Types of Logical Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.15.1 Deductive Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.15.2 Inductive Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.15.3 Abductive Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.16 Critical Thinking in Problem Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.17 Logical Reasoning in Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.18 Critical Thinking and Debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.19 Logical Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.20 Developing Critical Thinking Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.21 Applications in Real-World Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.22 Quiz (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3 Brainstorming and Problem Solving 25
3.1 Chapter Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.2 Brainstorming and Creative Problem Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.3 Concept of Brainstorming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.4 Types of Brainstorming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.4.1 Individual Brainstorming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3.4.2 Group Brainstorming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.5 Brainstorming Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.5.1 Traditional Brainstorming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.5.2 Brain writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3.5.3 Mind Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.6 Creative Problem Solving (CPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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