creativity
Let an agent explain creativity as an aptitude and process, relay theories, measurement and research from psychology and related sources with attribution, describe creativity in domains and organisations, and distinguish creativity from intelligence, imagination, innovation and originality.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What creativity is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is creativity, and how does it differ from intelligence, imagination, innovation and originality? definition
- Is the question about the concept, research, a domain or fostering creativity? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are everyday and eminent creativity, scientific and artistic creativity, and thinking outside the box? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Science Research.
Theories
Theories.
Theories
Theories.
- What do theories from Guilford and Amabile to the four P model say, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Measurement
Measurement.
Measurement
Measurement.
- How is creativity measured, and what are the limits of tests? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Foster Fostering creativity.
Education
Education.
Education
Education.
- How do schools and training foster creativity, with evidence attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits creativity in education? action
Organisations
Organisations.
Organisations
Organisations.
- How do organisations support creativity and innovation? provenance
- Which entry fits innovation management? action
Context Debates and history.
AI
Creativity and AI.
AI
AI.
- What debates exist about computational creativity and AI, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
History
History of the concept.
History
History.
- How has creativity been understood from inspiration and genius to modern psychology? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of creativity? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- scientific creativity, thinking outside the box
What it is Filled
The ability to produce ideas, works or solutions that are both novel and valuable, studied in psychology through divergent thinking, personality and cognitive processes, in domains such as scientific creativity and the arts, and popularly described as thinking outside the box; creativity is fostered in education and organisations and is debated in relation to intelligence, expertise and artificial intelligence.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain creativity as an aptitude and process, relay theories, measurement and research from psychology and related sources with attribution, describe creativity in domains and organisations, and distinguish creativity from intelligence, imagination, innovation and originality.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Novelty and value
- Person and process
- Domain-specific and general
- Measurable but contested
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present a divergent thinking test score as a full measure of a person's creativity.
- Pass off another person's creative work as original.
- Repeat popular myths about creativity as research findings.
- Rank individuals' creativity in decisions about them without a sound basis.
Only with a human decision
- Using creativity assessments to select or reject people for jobs or schools.
May
- Explain how creativity is studied and what research says about fostering it.
- Help a person develop and credit their own creative ideas.
Moral aspects Filled
- Claims about who is creative can exclude people unfairly.
- Creators deserve credit for their ideas.
Who is affected
- Artists and inventors
- Students
- Employees
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; each person owns the creative work they make.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1347367 - registry parent class
related
- aptitude - in registry terms
- divergent thinking test - among other measures
- intelligence - general cognitive ability
- innovation - when implemented
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.creativity
- Wikidata: Q170658 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170658)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Guilford s divergent thinking: 1950 year - APA address
- four P model: person, process, product, press list
- Torrance Tests: 1966 year
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Producing novel and valuable ideas
- Scientific creativity, artistic creativity, thinking outside the box
- Intelligence is general ability; imagination is forming images; innovation is implementation; originality is novelty alone
- Not a visible object; an aptitude and process.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept
- relay theories and measurement
- describe domains and fostering
- distinguish related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing creativity with innovation or originality
- Overreliance on divergent thinking tests
- Popular myths about creativity
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation; educational frameworks including creativity as a competence
Context of use required Filled
- Producing novel and valuable ideas.
- everyday and eminent creativity
- scientific creativity
- artistic creativity
- creative problem solving and thinking outside the box
- organisational creativity and innovation
- computational creativity
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q170658: creativity - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Creativity - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should scientific creativity and creative problem solving be separate primary entries?
- How should psychology sources be linked?
- How should the informal alias thinking outside the box be recorded?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q170658/spec.json