{ “A History of Research on Creativity”-Albert and Runco

Pre Christian Notion of Creativity:

-Genius or a supernatural gift

-“Nothing new under the sun”

Early Christian Notion of Creativity:

The ability to create was a gift from God

Renaissance:Talent was starting to be recognized as an

individual achievement, not a divine intervention

The Enlightenment:-Scientific Thought and Research-Individual Rights

Genius Talent Originality

Formal Educatio

n

The Enlightenment, Romantic, and Industrial Revolution

Genius

• Divorced from supernatural

• Although exceptional, was a potential in all

Talent & Genius

• Distinct from each other• Potential and exercise

depend on political climate of the times

Genius

•Was original

Talent

•Developed through education

Darwin-Adaptation-Natural Selection-Diversity

Galton

-Focused on the study of individual differences

using empirically validated instruments

-Eugenics

Terman and Genius-Concentrated on IQ-Developed measurements that identified high IQ children and bestow upon them the appropriate

educational opportunities

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Catherine Cox“Youths who achieved high eminence were

characterized not only by high intellectual traits, but also by persistence of motive and effort, confidence in their abilities, and great strength or force of character”

Ego Psychology & Cox

-Creativity is not simply one type of behaviour-Does not originate on one level of dynamics(the

unconscious) -Does not express just one (or dominant) trait of

the individual-Does not have just one adaptive purpose

Development Factors

Familial Environment

Current Research in Creativity suggests

-IQ only plays a minimal roll