100 Exam Questions for the course ''Human Aspects of Innovation''. These Questions are conceived by students in order to prepare for the multiple choice exam. In this version of the document, the answers are visible.
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A manager wants to change the creativity of the employees quickly. Which component of the
Componential Model of Creativity by Amabile (1998) should the manager starts with, because it
is the easiest and less time-consuming to influence?
o Expertise
o Motivation
o Creative Thinking
o Flexibility
Answer: B (D is not a component)
True or False?
o Creativity is the ability to come up with ideas, problem solutions, or insights that are both
novel and appropriate within a given domain
o Innovation is the intentional introduction and application within a role, group or
organization of ideas, products, processes, or procedures, new to the relevant unit of
adoption, designed to significantly benefit the individual, the group, the organization or
wider society
Answer: Both true
According to the Componential Theory by Amabile (1998):
o Creativity is the function of Expertise, Motivation and Creative Thinking Skills
o Motivation is the function of Creativity, Expertise and Creative Thinking Skills
o Expertise is the function of Creative Thinking Skills, Creativity and Motivation
o Creative Thinking Skills is the function of Expertise, Motivation and Creativity
Answer: A
If a project team uses many different cognitive categories in brainstorming, but the number of
non-redundant ideas is low, they performed:
o High in fluency, High in flexibility
o Low in originality, High in flexibility
o Low in fluency, High in Flexibility
o Low in fluency, Low in originality
Answer: B
, True or false?
o Prosocial orientation: Producing something that is beneficial for other increases
meaningfulness of work, this is prosocial orientation
o Extrinsic motivators (recognition, rewards) can operate in service of intrinsics when
perceived as informational and enabling rather than controlling, this is synergistic
extrinsic motivation.
Answer: Both true
Regarding the Dual Pathway to Creativity by DeDreu et al. (2010), what are the two main ‘’ways’’
to go from Activation to Creativity (Fluency and Orignality)?
o Cognitive flexibility (positive) and Cognitive persistence (negative)
o Cognitive flexibility (negative) and Cognitive persistence (positive)
o Information elaboration (positive) and Intrinsic motivation (negative)
o Information elaboration (negative) and Intrinsic motivation (positive)
Answer: A
True or False?
o According to DPCM, activating moods lead to higher creative performance than
deactivating moods, but how depends on the hedonic tone.
o A positive feeling engenders cognitive flexibility (more creativity), and a negative feeling
engenders cognitive persistence (bottom-up way of processing information).
Answer: Both true
What are distinctions / is a distinction between Creativity and Innovation?
o Innovation requires individuals and groups to overcome a number of ‘’implementation
barriers’’, which creativity doesn’t have
o Creativity calls for an idea that is new and original. Innovation requires something to be
new to the implementing unit
Answer: Both True
Which is, according to De Dreu et al. (2010), not a dimension of creativity that can be achieved
with the Dual Pathway to Creativity Model?
o Fluency
o Originality
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