The document is a psychology student's creative assignment to describe their team's characteristics, values, and future despite being the only active member. It uses the Barnum effect, where vague statements are accepted as accurate self-descriptions, to present generalized statements about the team's interests in challenges, learning, creativity, travel, and achieving goals, as well as their values of happiness, family, wisdom, and health.

1. A Crash Course on
Creativity
Assignment 1
Katarzyna Bieńczyk, group 11731

2. Team work
Due to the fact, that I was the only
active member of my team, I’ve
decided to complete the assignment in
quite unconventional, yet (I hope so!)
creative way.

3. Background
I am a IV year psychology student
and the first thing that came to my
mind, when thinking about finding
common interests, when there are no
other people, was Barnum effect.

4. Barnum effect
After Oxford Dictionary of
Psychology it’s a tendency for people
to accept vague, ambiguous and
generalized statements as being
accurate descriptions of their own
personalities.

5. What can I do?
I’ve decided to present You with
the characteristics of our team, to
describe our values and our future
even though I have no idea about my
team mates.
Magic? No! Creative psychology! 

6. Who we are?
● We are all looking for new challenges.
● We want to learn and explore.
● We don’t want to stand in one place.
● We are interested in the world.
● From time to time we all need changes.
● We all want to broaden our horizons.
● We like meeting new people.
● Solving problems gives us satisfaction.
● We want to be creative!
● We like to learn new things.

7. Our values
● We all want to be happy.
● We would give up a lot for our family and friends.
● We don’t want to be lonely.
● We do not intend to hurt anyone.
● We want to be wise.
● We want to be healthy.
● We want to be good people.
● We want everything for our loved ones.
● We want to be independent.

8. At least once:
● We felt helpless. ● We were feeling
infinite joy.
● We were crying.
● We have said: „This is the best day of my life!”
● We have been wondering about our future.
● We felt lonely and ● We were in a stalemate.
misunderstood.
● We have lied to someone.
● We were thinking about
running away for some time.
● We have been crying with
laughter.

9. Our future
● We want to travel the
world. ● We want to have a great job.
● We want to avoid routine.
● When we are old, we want to
have an opportunity to say „I did
● We wish for an amazing future. my best.”
● When we are old, we all want to
have someone near us.
● We want to find our
big love.
● We all wish to be surrounded by
benevolent people.
● We want to achieve our goals.

10. And of course…

12. THANK YOU!