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Creativity: Sophisticated, Not Simplistic

As humans, we often place ourselves into one of two categories when it comes to creativity. We either deem ourselves as being a creative person or not. If you consider yourself a creative person, can you articulate why you placed yourself into that category? If you do not consider yourself to be creative, why not? According to Graham Wallas, “the mechanism of creativity is a complex machine of innumerable, perpetually moving parts” (Popova, n.d.). Thus, it is important for us to move away from seeing creativity as a simplistic notion, and instead begin to understand each of the moving parts.

The purpose of this activity is to delve deeper into creativity and answer the following questions:

  • What does a creative person look like?
  • What are the processes used by creative people?

Can creativity be developed?

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Preparation:

  • Read the article The Art of Thought: A Pioneering 1926 Model of the Four Stages of Creativity – https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/08/28/the-art-of-thought-graham-wallas-stages/
  • Read Chapter 2 in the course text, Beghetto, R. and Kaufman, J. (2017). Theories of Creativity. In J. A. Plucker (Ed.). Creativity and Innovation: Theory, Research, and Practice (p. 35-47). Waco, TX: Prufrock Press. (Will be uploaded)
  • Read Chapter 5 in the course text, Sifonis, C. and Ward, T. (2017). Cognition and Creative Thought. In J. Plucker (Ed.), Creativity and Innovation: Theory, Research, and Practice (pp. 91-110). Waco, TX: Prufrock Press. (Will be uploaded)
  • Read Hot Topic #2 in the course text, Runco, M. A. (2017). The dark side of creativity? In J. A. Plucker (Ed.), Creativity and innovation: Theory, research, and practice (p. 49-60). Waco, TX: Prufrock Press. (Will be uploaded)
  • Watch the video The surprising habits of original thinkers – https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers

For this discussion, you may choose to share your response to the below prompt via the Canvas video tool in the discussion forum toolbar.

Discussion:

  • Summarize in your own words Graham Wallas’ four stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification).
  • Identify at least one example that illustrates each of the four stages. Your example(s) must be specific to a problem that had to be worked through, and must be explained in-depth.
  • Construct your answers to the above questions (What does a creative person look like? What are the creative processes used by creative people? Can creativity be developed?).
 
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