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‘Problems’ in the Concept of Creativity


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The study of creativity is marked by the various disciplinary perspectives, diverse conceptual histories and divergent theoretical stands within the discipline of psychology. The mechanism underlying creativity lays both in the human thought process and in culture. After the influential speech of J.P. Guilford in 1950, creativity as a phenomenon has got special attention in every sphere of knowledge. In the present context of changing circumstances due to globalization and technological advancement, creativity becomes omnipresent and indispensable more than ever before. As a result of innumerable studies, creativity is theorized in numerous ways and the theoretical knowledge is applied in various domains. The future of the creativity research is on both deep-down scientific studies involving cognitive science and neurology, and also on the cultural and cross-cultural study. Although it is too early to anticipate, yet there is end number scope for its development and growth. Interdisciplinary research should be carried out considering internal and external interrelated factors that assumed to influence one’s creativity. Further, problem-solving often has a creative aspect, but creativity is not always mean problem-solving. Problem-solving and creativity are closely related believing that manifestation of new and novel outcomes happens in response to a problem. Since, restricting the concept of creativity within the disciplinary boundary hinders the expansion, clarity, and functionality of the phenomenon as a whole. Creativity needs more exploration and multi-dimensional explanation.

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Creativity, Culture, Cognition, Problem-solving, Behavioristics Approach, Humanistic Psychology, Psychoanalytic Approach, Domain.
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Auditi Pramanik
Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India

Abstract


The study of creativity is marked by the various disciplinary perspectives, diverse conceptual histories and divergent theoretical stands within the discipline of psychology. The mechanism underlying creativity lays both in the human thought process and in culture. After the influential speech of J.P. Guilford in 1950, creativity as a phenomenon has got special attention in every sphere of knowledge. In the present context of changing circumstances due to globalization and technological advancement, creativity becomes omnipresent and indispensable more than ever before. As a result of innumerable studies, creativity is theorized in numerous ways and the theoretical knowledge is applied in various domains. The future of the creativity research is on both deep-down scientific studies involving cognitive science and neurology, and also on the cultural and cross-cultural study. Although it is too early to anticipate, yet there is end number scope for its development and growth. Interdisciplinary research should be carried out considering internal and external interrelated factors that assumed to influence one’s creativity. Further, problem-solving often has a creative aspect, but creativity is not always mean problem-solving. Problem-solving and creativity are closely related believing that manifestation of new and novel outcomes happens in response to a problem. Since, restricting the concept of creativity within the disciplinary boundary hinders the expansion, clarity, and functionality of the phenomenon as a whole. Creativity needs more exploration and multi-dimensional explanation.

Keywords


Creativity, Culture, Cognition, Problem-solving, Behavioristics Approach, Humanistic Psychology, Psychoanalytic Approach, Domain.

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