Ross Is Tasked with a Creativity Exercise: How Many Uses

question 7

True/False

Ross is tasked with a creativity exercise: how many uses he can think of for a cardboard box.Ross generates three ideas: using the box as a cage for a hamster,a container for a turtle,and a kennel for a dog.Ross's ideas get high marks for flexibility of ideas and low in fluency of ideas.

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