Mind Mapping

Mind Mapping is a useful technique that improves the way you take notes, and supports and enhances your creative problem solving.

By using Mind Maps, you can quickly identify and understand the structure of a subject, and the way that pieces of information fit together, as well as recording the raw facts contained in normal notes.
More than this, Mind Maps encourage creative problem solving, and they hold information in a format that your mind finds easy to remember and quick to review.

Popularized by Tony Buzan, Mind Maps abandon the list format of conventional note taking. They do this in favor of a two-dimensional structure. As such, a good Mind Map shows the 'shape' of the subject, the relative importance of individual points, and the way in which facts relate to one another.

Mind Maps are more compact than conventional notes, often taking up one side of paper. This helps you to make associations easily. And if you find out more information after you have drawn the main Mind Map, then you can easily add it in.

Mind Maps are also useful for:
-Summarizing information.
-Consolidating information from different research sources.
-Thinking through complex problems.
-Presenting information in a format that shows the overall structure of your subject.
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Method Creative Thinking : Logical and Associated mind map Technique
Logical Mind Map - Directly connected to stereotypes.
Associated Mind Map - Able to generate random words and also how the links between words.
Logical Mind Maps & Stereotypes - Have to understand what a stereotype is.

Definitions of Stereotype
1. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2. One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
3. A metal printing plate cast from a matrix molded from a raised printing surface, such as type.

Rules of Logical Mind Mapping
- Always have your SUBJECT in the center of the page.
- Make the subject more dominant.
- Decide on the main categories.
- Try to have different categories.
- Try to use drawing or images to more interesting.
- Idea should be shaped like the roots of a tree.
- It is OK to repeat words or even interlink certain words.

Benefit of Logical Mind Mapping Technique
- It is concise way of listening and categorizing a mass of information.
- The word will help trigger memories and reduce the amount of note taking.
- More interesting.