Creativity explained. Creative personality.

1. Creativity is...
SMCANT VII
Gema R. Quintana
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2. Tendency to generate or recognize:
ideas
alternatives
possibilities
Useful in:
solving problems,
communicating with others
entertaining ourselves and others
From Human Motivation, 3rd ed., by Robert E. Franken (pp. 396)

3. Why people are motivated to be creative:
need for novel, varied, and complex stimulation
need to communicate ideas and values
need to solve problems
From Human Motivation, 3rd ed., by Robert E. Franken (pp. 396)

4. From Human Motivation, 3rd ed., by Robert E. Franken (pp. 394)
you need to be able to...
view things in new ways or from a different perspective
and
generate new possibilities or alternatives
In order to be creative...

5. From Human Motivation, 3rd ed., by Robert E. Franken (pp. 394)
flexibility
tolerance of ambiguity or unpredictability
the enjoyment of things heretofore unknown
Linked to:

6. From Creativity - Beyond the Myth of Genius, by Robert W. Weisberg. (page 4)
Creative:
novel products of value
the person who produces the work
Creativity:
capacity to produce such works
activity of generating such products

7. From Creativity - Beyond the Myth of Genius, by Robert W. Weisberg. (page 4)
For something to be creative,
it is not enough for it to be
novel: it must have value, or be
appropriate to the cognitive
demands of the situation.

8. From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly
Ways that creativity is commonly used:
People who express unusual thoughts, who are
interesting and stimulating (appear unusually bright)
People who experience the world in novel and original
ways. (personally creative individuals)
Individuals who have changed our culture in some
important way

9. From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly
creative domain:the symbolic knowledge shared by
a particular society as a whole. (like visual arts)
field: which includes all the gatekeepers of the domain
(like art critics, art teachers, curators of museums, etc)
person: who using the symbols of the given domain
(such as music, engineering, business, mathematics) has a new
idea or sees a new pattern (this novelty is selected by the
appropriate field for inclusion into the relevant domain)
The Systems Model of Creativity

10. Creativity is any act, idea, or
product that changes an existing
domain, or that transforms an existing
domain into a new one...What counts is whether the
novelty he or she produces is accepted for
inclusion in the domain
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

11. From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly
Characteristics of
the creative
personality

12. #1
Creative individuals have a great deal of
energy, but they are also often
quiet and at rest
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

13. #2
Creative individuals tend to be smart
yet also naive at the same time
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

14. #3
Creative individuals have a combination
of playfulness and discipline or
responsibility and
irresponsibility
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

15. #4
Creative individuals alternate between
imagination and fantasy
at one end and rooted sense of
reality at the other.
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

16. #5
Creative people seem to harbor
o pposite ten dencie s o n the
continuum between extroversion
and introversion.
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

17. #6
Creative individuals are also remarkable
humble and proud at the
same time.
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

18. #7
Creative individuals to a certain extent
escape rigid gender role
stereotyping and have a tendency
toward androgyny.
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

19. #8
Generally, creative people are thought
to be rebellious and
independent.
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

20. #9
Most creative people are very
passionate about their
work, yet they can be extremely
objective about it as well.
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

21. #10
The openness and sensitivity of
creative individuals often exposes them
to suffering pain yet also a
great deal of enjoyment
From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly

22. energy
irresponsibility
imagination
proud
androgyny
passionate
enjoyment

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