Creativity
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Creativity
Dictionaries have different definitions of the word creativity, just as people have different interpretations of the word creativity. Creativity is defined as inventiveness (clever and resourceful) and by an invention (something newly created)- in The New International Webster's Vest Pocket Dictionary. Diversely, the Longman Dictionary of American English defines creativity as the ability to use your imagination to produce or use new ideas, making things, etc. The Basic Newbury House Dictionary of American English says creativity is having the ability to think well and solve problems. Words have multiple meanings, not only in the human eye, but also in the eye of a dictionary.
The concept of creativity is often associated with a degree of complexity and elitism. Initially, creativity was perceived as an aspect of intelligence that was inherited skill possessed by only a few individuals.
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the 1980s the bridge between creativity and emotion began to gain the increased interest of researchers and theorists. Studies indicate that creativity depends not only on intelligence but also on a range of feelings, emotions and affective states.
Creativity is both a process and a way of thinking...