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UnitSixBookIINewCenturyReadandExploreTheCreativePersonalityGlobalReadingDetailedReadingUsefulExpressionsCloze–SummaryabouttheTextAUnitSixBookIINewCenturyReadandExplore•ListenandrespondUnitSixBookIINewCenturyReadandExploreWarm-upQuestions1.Canyounamesomeofthefamouspeoplewhoarecreative?2.Whatkindoftraitsdoyouthinkareuniquetocreativepeople?GlobalReadingWarm-upQuestionsPartDivisionDetailedReadingSentenceStudyWords&PhrasesCloze--SummaryUsefulExpressionsTextUnitSixBookIINewCenturyReadandExplorePartDivisionoftheTextPartsPara.MainIdeas1212~15Whatmakesthepersonalitiesofcreativepeopledifferentfromotherscanbegeneralizedwithoneword—“complexity”.Theauthortellsuseighttraitsthatareoftenfoundincreativepeople.GlobalReadingDetailedReadingWarm-upQuestionsPartDivisionTextSentenceStudyWords&PhrasesCloze--SummaryUsefulExpressionsUnitSixBookIINewCenturyReadandExploreIhavedevoted30yearsofresearchtohowcreativepeopleliveandwork.IfIhadtoexpressinonewordwhatmakestheirpersonalitiesdifferentfromothers,it’scomplexity.Theycontaincontradictoryextremes;insteadofbeingan“individual”,eachofthemisa“multitude”.TheCreativePersonalityMihalyCsikszentmihalyiHerearesometraitsthatareoftenfoundincreativepeople.Thesetraitsareintegratedwitheachotherinadialecticalmanner.GlobalReadingDetailedReadingWarm-upQuestionsPartDivisionTextSentenceStudyWords&PhrasesCloze--SummaryUsefulExpressionsUnitSixBookIINewCenturyReadandExplore1.Creativepeoplehaveagreatdealofphysicalenergy,buttheyarealsooftenquietandatrest.Theycanworklonghourswithgreatconcentrationwhileremainingfreshandenthusiasticallthetime.Thisdoesnotmeanthatcreativepeoplearealwaysactive.Infact,theyrestoftenandsleepalot.Theimportantthingisthattheyknowhowtocontroltheirenergy,whichisnotruledbythecalendar,theclockoranexternalschedule.Whennecessary,theycanfocusitlikealaserbeam;whennot,creativetypesimmediatelyrechargetheirbatteries.Thisisnotabiorhythminheritedwiththeirgenes;itwaslearnedbytrialanderrorasastrategyforachievingtheirgoals.2.Creativepeopletendtobesmartyetnaiveatthesametime.Anotherwayofexpressingthisdialecticisthecontrastingpolesofwisdomandchildishness.AsHowardGardnerrevealsinhisstudyofthemajorcreativegeniusesofthe20thcentury,acertainimmaturity,bothemotionalandmental,cangohandinhandwithdeepestinsights.GlobalReadingDetailedReadingWarm-upQuestionsPartDivisionTextSentenceStudyWords&PhrasesCloze--SummaryUsefulExpressionsUnitSixBookIINewCenturyReadandExploreEarlierstudiesonsuperiormentalabilitiesshowthatchildrenwithveryhighIQsdowellinlife,butafteracertainpoint,IQdoesnotseemtobecorrelatedanylongerwithsuperiorperformanceinreallife.LaterstudiessuggestthatitmightbedifficulttodocreativeworkwithalowerIQ,butanIQbeyond120doesnotnecessarilyimplyhighercreativity.Furthermore,creativepeopleseemabletousewelltwooppositewaysofthinking:theconvergentandthedivergent.ConvergentthinkingismeasuredbyIQtests,anditinvolvessolvingwell-defined,rationalproblemsthathaveonecorrectanswer.Divergentthinkingleadstonoagreed-uponsolution.Itinvolvestheabilitytogenerateagreatquantityofideas;flexibility,ortheabilitytoswitchfromoneperspectivetoanother;andoriginalityinpickingunusualassociationsofideas.Yetdivergentthinkingisnotofmuchusewithouttheabilitytotellagoodideafromabadone,andforthis,wemustrelyonconvergentthinking.GlobalReadingDetailedReadingWarm-upQuestionsPartDivisionTextSentenceStudyWords&PhrasesCloze--SummaryUsefulExpressionsUnitSixBookIINewCenturyReadandExplore3.Creativepeoplealternatebetweenimaginationandadeeply-rootedsenseofreality.Greatartandgreatscienceinvolvealeapofimaginationintoaworldthatisdifferentfromthepresent.Infact,thewholepointofartandscienceistogobeyondwhatwenowconsiderrealandcreateanewreality.4.Creativepeopletendtobebothextrovertedandintroverted.We’reusuallyoneortheother,eitherpreferringtobeinthethickofcrowdsorsittingonthesidelinesandobservingthepassingshow.Infact,incurrentpsychologicalresearch,extroversionandintroversionareconsideredtobethemoststablepersonalitytraitsthatdistinguishpeoplefromeachother.Creativeindividualsseemtoexhibitbothtraitsatthesametime.GlobalReadingDetailedReadingWarm-upQuestionsPartDivisionTextSentenceStudyWords&PhrasesCloze--SummaryUsefulExpressionsUnitSixBookIINewCenturyReadandExplore5.Creativepeoplearehumbleandproudatthesametime.Theseindividualsstand“ontheshouldersofgiants”.Theirrespectfortheareainwhichtheyworkmakesthemawareofthelonglineofpreviouscontributionstoit.Andthey’reusuallysofocusedon6.Creativepeoplearebothrebelliousandconservative.Beingonlytraditionalleavesanareaunchanged;constantlytakingchanceswithoutregardtotraditionrarelyleadstonovelty.Butthewillingnesstotakerisksisabsolutelynecessary.TheeconomistGeorgeStiglerisveryemphaticinthisregard,futureprojectsandcurrentchallengesthatpastaccomplishments,nomatterhowoutstanding,arenolongerveryinterestingtothem.GlobalReadingDetailedReadingWarm-upQuestionsPartDivisionTextSentenceStudyWords&PhrasesCloze--SummaryUsefulExpressionsUnitSixBookIINewCenturyReadandExplore8.Creativepeople’sopennessandsensitivityoftenexposesthemtosufferingandpain,yetalsotoagreat