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As we progress through the last 8 weeks of this course, write down any new and interesting vocabulary words that you might use in your next essay.

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1. boredom/bored

2. cross-pollination

3. interdisciplinary

4. conscience

5. daring

6. diverse/diversity

7. distract/distraction

8. network

9. hack

10. daydream

11. breakthrough

12. applications

13. constructive (criticism)

14. alternative

15. assumption

16. wander

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Quote:"a few weeks later, this epiphany gave rise to their first floor cleaning prototype."
(Lehrer P. XIII)

Definiton: someone or something that is one of the first and most typical examples of a group or situation.

Other forms:
prototypical (adj)
prototypically (adv)

related words: archetypal

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Quotation: The first focus groups only reinforced the skepticism.

Definition:skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.(Oxford dectionery)

Other forms:adj. skeptical  adv. skeptically  n. skeptic

Related words:/agnosticism / skepticism

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Quote :" The videotapes may have been tedious, but they were also essential, since West and his team were trying to observe the act of floor cleaning without any preconceptions." (Lehrer p.xii)

Definition: a conception or opinion formed beforehand. (Dictionary)

Grammartical froms:

Preconceive (vt.)
Preconceptional (adj)
Preconceived (adj)

Related words: assumptions
Notion  Looking forward
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Quote ‘‘Procter and Gamble, however, was not thrilled with the concept.''(Lehrer p. XVII)

Definition: an idea of how something is, or how something should be done.(dictionary)

Grammatical forms : conceptual(adj.)
conceptional(adj.) conceptive(adj.)
conceptually(adv.) conceptualization(n.)
conceptualize(v.)

Related words:
idea
sense
notion
concstruct

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Quote:“because we finally understand what creativity is, we can begin to construct a taxonomy of it, outlining the conditions under which each particular mental strategy is ideal.”(leather p.xviii)
Definition: the situation in which people live or work, especially the physical things that affect the quality of their lives.(from dictionary)
Other forms
conditional conditioned(adj)
conditionally(adv)
conditioner conditional conditioning (n)
Related words: circumstance situation context qualification.
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Quote:"When Procter and Gamble presented consumers with a sketch of the new cleaning device, the vast majority of people rejected the concept."

Definition: to develop a concept of

Grammatical forms:
conceptually (adv.)
conceptual (adj.)

Related words: conceive, incept, the concept of, the concept that

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Quite: "That insight  changed floor cleaning  forever." (Lehrer p.xv)

Definition:
Clear or deep perception of a situation.

Other forms:
insightful adj.
insightfully adv.
insightfulness n.

Related words:insight into
gain an insight into

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Quote: “ Although everyone on the continuum team had done the same thing countless time before, this particular piece of dirty paper led to a revelation.” (Lehrer, p.xiii)

Definition: a usually secret or surprising fact is made know.(Dictionary)

other forms:
revelator (n,person )
revelatory (adj)

Related words:
“Revelation about/concerning..."
“Revelation of...”
“Revelation to...”
synonyms:Exposure, disclosure, divulgence.

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Quote: "You know an idea has promise when it seems obvious in retrospect." ------p. xiv

Definition: easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent

Grammatical forms: obviously(adv.)
obviousness(n.)

Related:   clear · crystal clear · plain · plain to see · evident · apparent · manifest · patent · conspicuous

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Quote: "You know an idea has promise when it seems obvious in retrospect."(Lehrer, p. xiv)

Definition:  in considering the past or a pat event （Merriam-Webster）

Other forms：retrospecting(n),retrospection(n),retrospective(adj.),retrospectively(adv.)

Related words：review，look back
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Quote： Procter and Gamble， however， wasn’t thrilled with the concept.

Definition：a idea of how something is, or how something should be done. (From Youdao)

Grammatical forms:
Conceptual (adj)
Conceptional (adj)
Conceptive(adj)
Conceptually (adv)
Conceptualization (n)
Conceptualize (v)

Related words:
Synonyms:
idea
sense
notion
construct

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Quote:Inspiration, after all, literally means "breathed upon"

Definition:something that makes someone want to do something or that gives someone an idea about what to do or create : a force or influence that inspires someone (Merriam-Webster)

Other forms:
(adj.)Inspired, inspiring,inspitory
(v.)inspired
(n.)inspiration

Related word:Stimulation
Afflatus
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Quote: "These innovations weren't lucky accidents: P & G was deeply invested in research and development." (Lehrer, p. xi)

Definition: a new method, idea, product, etc. (Google)

Other forms: innovate (v), innovative (adj.), innovatively (adv.), innovator (n. person.)

Related words: invention, change, revolution, breakthrough
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Quote: "The company outsourced its innovation needs to continuum, a design firm its offices in Boston and Los Angeles." ( Lehrer, p. xii)

Definition: To purchase or subcontract from an outside supplier or source. (Dictionary)

Other forms: outsourcing (n.)

Relate words: no

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quote：They persuaded him protected and gamble to let them shape their prototype to a face group.
Definition: Make a prototype(A first, typical or preliminary model of something, especially a machine.) of (a product).

Grammatical forms:
(Noun.) prototype
(Verb.) prototype
(Adj.)prototypical

Related word:
Criterion, norm, standard, type, level

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Quote: Furthermore, because the act of invention is often a collaborative process-we are inspired by other people-it’s essential that we learn to collaborate in the right way. (Lehrer P. XIX)

Definition: produced by or involving two or more parties working together. (Oxford dictionary)

Other forms: collaborate(v), collaboratively(adv.), collaborator(n, person.)

Related words: cooperative, collective, shared, joint.
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