THEORIES OF CREATIVITY

• Other Authors: Runco, Mark A (Editor), Albert, Robert S
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Newbury Park Sage Publications 1990
• Series: Sage focus editions ; v. 115
• Subjects: Creative ability > Congresses
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• Item Description: Papers presented at a conference held at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif., Nov. 11-13, 1988
• Physical Description: 276 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0803935447

Creativity is the ability to produce original work and ideas. It starts with a creative person using a creative process to make a creative (new) product. Various studies have been carried out to obtain information about the behavior of creative individuals. These people are usually energetic and full of ideas. When confronted with a problem, they consider all of the different ways to solve it and tend to come up with unique solutions. Many models have been developed to explain creativity and the creative thinking process. Some of them are presented and discussed in this chapter. However, it should be mentioned that most of them include steps with the common themes of synthesis, analysis, and evaluation.