Mental Health and Creativity

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Across
  1. 2. acronym for Task that measures the ability to find a single link between seemingly unrelated words.
  2. 5. Exercise requiring assembly of novel objects from abstract shapes.
  3. 7. Thinking Narrowing ideas down to one correct or best answer.
  4. 8. Disorder. Mood disorder linked to higher creativity at mild levels but impairment at severe levels.
  5. 10. U Theory suggesting moderate levels of a factor enhance creativity, while too little or too much hinder it.
  6. 12. Reduced mental filtering that allows more ideas into awareness, sometimes aiding creativity.
  7. 13. Model. Theory describing creativity as a cycle of idea generation followed by exploration and refinement.
Down
  1. 1. A condition that may impair creativity at high levels despite some benefits at low doses.
  2. 3. Uses Task Classic measure of generating multiple functions for a common item.
  3. 4. Elevated mood state often correlated with increased creative output.
  4. 6. How functional or usable a creative idea is.
  5. 9. Condition associated with stronger divergent thinking but weaker convergent thinking.
  6. 11. Thinking Generating many varied and original ideas.