Vocabulary for Imagine: How Creativity Works (Intro) by Carol Wilson-Duffy https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine Add your vocabulary words here. (Make sure to follow the exact formatting for full credit.) en-us 2017-10-11 20:00:33 UTC 2025-11-09 01:35:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Innovation (n carolwilsonduffy https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196208060 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 
(submitted  by Carol)]]> 2017-10-11 20:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196208060 Collaborative (adj) https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196788312 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.
(submitted by Henry)]]> 2017-10-13 13:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196788312 Outsource (v) https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196788686 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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]]> 2017-10-13 13:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196788686 prototype (n) https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196789604 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 ]]> 2017-10-13 13:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196789604 in retrospect 1418566736 https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196789771 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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]]> 2017-10-13 13:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196789771 Concept (n.) https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196791595 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 

Submit by sky]]> 2017-10-13 13:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196791595 Inspiration (n) https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196792178 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
(submit by Kristen)]]> 2017-10-13 13:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196792178 Skepticism (n) https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196792817 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

（submit by Mark)]]> 2017-10-13 13:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196792817 Revelation (n) 743340058 https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196793362 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.

(Submit by Edith) ]]> 2017-10-13 13:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196793362 Conditions( n) hezihao https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196793640 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.
(Submitted by zihao)]]> 2017-10-13 13:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196793640 Insight (n) https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196795273 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

Submitted by Siqi ]]> 2017-10-13 13:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196795273 concept (n) https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196796076 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

(submitted by Koji)]]> 2017-10-13 13:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/196796076 Vocabulary carolwilsonduffy https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/197134924 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.]]> 2017-10-15 17:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/197134924 Concept (v.) https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/197186002 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

(Submit by sky)]]> 2017-10-16 00:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/197186002 Obvious (adj) why534290895 https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/197194296 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]]> 2017-10-16 01:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/197194296 Preconceptions (n.) https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/197205491 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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]]> 2017-10-16 03:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/197205491 prototype (n) 112757209zzs https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/197294205 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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]]> 2017-10-16 12:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/197294205 Other vocabulary carolwilsonduffy https://padlet.com/carolwilsonduffy/vocabularyImagine/wish/198789130
  • boredom/bored
  • cross-pollination
  • interdisciplinary
  • conscience
  • daring
  • diverse/diversity
  • distract/distraction
  • network
  • hack
  • daydream
  • breakthrough
  • applications 
  • constructive (criticism)
  • alternative
  • assumption
  • wander
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