Examples of creativity in the following topics:
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- Creative thought is a mental process involving creative problem-solving techniques and the discovery of new ideas or concepts, or the formation of new associations of existing ideas or concepts.
- Studies of creativity cover everyday creativity, or daily creativity that we all experience; exceptional creativity, such as those with talents in music, art, literature, etc.; and artificial creativity, such as creating programs and computer-based technologies that can 'think' on their own.
- Counterfactual thinking is viewed as an example of everyday creative processes.
- In Wallas' stage model, creative insights and illuminations may be explained by a creative process consisting of five stages:
- A modern model of creativity, proposed in 1992 by Finke and his colleagues, is the Geneplore Model, which states that creativity takes place in two phases:
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- Expressive therapies use the creative arts as a form of therapy; systemic therapies emphasize the treatment of a system rather than an individual.
- Expressive therapy, also known as expressive arts therapy and creative arts therapy, is the use of the creative arts as a form of therapy.
- Expressive therapy is predicated on the assumption that people can heal through the use of imagination and the various forms of creative expression.
- However, there are many other types of expressive therapy in which creative work is used to promote healing.
- All expressive therapists share the belief that through creative expression and the tapping of the imagination, a person can examine the body, feelings, emotions, and his or her thought process.
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- On the cutting edge of research pertaining to motivation in the workplace is the integration of motivation and creativity.
- Essentially, according to research by Ambrose and Kulik, the same variables that predict intrinsic motivation are associated with creativity.
- Allowing employees to choose creative and challenging tasks has been shown to improve motivation.
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- It adopts a holistic approach to human existence and pays special attention to such phenomena as creativity, free will, and human potential.
- With its roots running from Socrates through the Renaissance, this approach emphasizes individuals' inherent drive towards self-actualization, the process of realizing and expressing one's own capabilities, and creativity.
- In addition, humanistic psychology's emphasis on creativity and wholeness created a foundation for new approaches towards human capital in the workplace, stressing creativity and the relevance of emotional interactions.
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- One of the founding theorists behind this school of thought was Carl Rogers, whose focus was to ensure that developmental processes led to healthier, if not more creative, personality functioning.
- Self-actualizing individuals, he argued, value deep personal relationships with others, but also value solitude; they have a sense of humor, but not one used against others; they accept themselves as well as others; they are spontaneous, humble, creative, and ethical.
- Positive and humanistic psychology are both interested in positive aspects of psychological health and well-being, focusing on such phenomena as creativity, free will, and positive human potential.
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- Rogers advanced the field by stressing that the human person is an active, creative, experiencing being who lives in the present and subjectively responds to current perceptions, relationships, and encounters.
- Higher levels of creativity–they will be more creative in the way they adapt to their own circumstances without feeling a need to conform.
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- Generativity is about making life productive and creative so that it matters to others, especially those in the next generation.
- The central tasks during middle adulthood can include expressing love through more than sexual contacts, maintaining healthy life patterns, helping growing and grown children to be responsible adults, relinquishing a central role in the lives of grown children, creating a comfortable home, being proud of one's accomplishments, taking care of aging parents, adjusting to the physical changes of middle age, and using leisure time creatively.
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- In his research, Maslow studied the personalities of people who he considered to be healthy, creative, and productive, including Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and others.
- He found that such people share similar characteristics, such as being open, creative, loving, spontaneous, compassionate, concerned for others, and accepting of themselves.
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- Cognitive development involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity.
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- Researchers have studied thinking in the form of reasoning, how people make decisions and choices or solve problems, and how people engage in creative discovery and imaginative thought.