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Introduction to Creativity, Theories of Creativity, Myths about Creativity, Misconceptions about Creativity, Types of Creativity, Left Brain vs Right BrainTRANSCRIPT
Creativity
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Creativity is the bringing into being ofsomething which did not exist before, either asa product, a process or a thought.
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Theories of Creativity
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The Psychoanalytical Theory of Creativity
• Proponents of this theory include Freud, Jung, Kris,Rank, Adler, and Hammer
• According to this people become creative in reactionto difficult circumstances or repressed emotions.
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The Mental Illness Theory of Creativity
• Mental disorders most frequently associated withincreased creativity are bipolar and manic-depressivesyndromes, where sufferers undergo extreme moodswings that perhaps contribute to enhanced creativeexpression.expression.
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Eysenck’s Theory of Psychoticism
• Psychoticism: A personality dimension withcharacteristics of aggression, aloofness, antisocialbehavior and impulsive actions.
• These psychotic tendencies were the foundation forcreative personalities, and he developed a word-creative personalities, and he developed a word-association test to measure a person’s psychoticism
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The Addiction Theory of Creativity
• Its major tenet isthat addiction, forexample, to drugsexample, to drugsand/or alcohol,contributes toand even causescreativity.
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The Humanistic Theory of Creativity
• Theory is based mainly upon Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, atheory he developed, which maintains that humans have sixbasic needs that must be met in order for them to thrive andreach maximum potential.
• People’s lower needs, however, must be met in order for themto progress to the next highest level, and only upon reaching theto progress to the next highest level, and only upon reaching theuppermost level, self-actualization, where needs are related topurpose and identify, are they at last free enough andcomfortable enough to express themselves creatively.
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Myths about creativity
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A "prize" will motivate you
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You'll work best under pressure
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Two heads are better than one
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Distractions are bad
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Misconception about creativity
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Some people are naturally creative; most are not
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Money spurs creativity
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Deadline pressure stimulates creativity
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Fear compels innovative thinking
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Competition is more effective than collaboration
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The nine types of intelligence
• Naturalist Intelligence
• Musical Intelligence
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• Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
• Existential Intelligence
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• Interpersonal Intelligence
• Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
• Linguistic Intelligence
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• Linguistic Intelligence
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• Intra-personal Intelligence
• Spatial Intelligence
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Types of creativity
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Left vs. Right Brain
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QuestionsQ 1 What is Creativity? Explain the various theories of
creativity.Q 2 What are the misconceptions about creativity?Q 3 What are the nine types of intelligence?Q 4 Explain the characteristics of left brain and right
brain.brain.Q 5 What are the various types of creativity?
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