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7 - Creativity and Cognition, Divergent Thinking, and Intelligence
- By Anne M. Roberts, Robert J. Sternberg, Mark A. Runco, Selcuk Acar, Thomas B. Ward, Yuliya Kolomyts, James C. Kaufman
Edited by James C. Kaufman, University of Connecticut, Robert J. Sternberg, Cornell University, New York
Book:

Creativity

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21 April 2021

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08 April 2021, pp 102-127
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Creativity appears to be an important part of cognitive capacities and problem solving. Creativity is one’s ability to generate ideas that are novel, surprising, and compelling (Kaufman and Sternberg, 2010). This chapter will focus on the creative-cognitive approach, which seeks to further understand how human minds produce creative ideas.

9 - Creative Cognition
from Cognitive Underpinnings of Creativity
- By Thomas B. Ward, Yuliya Kolomyts
Edited by James C. Kaufman, University of Connecticut, Robert J. Sternberg, Cornell University, New York
Book:

The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity

Published online:

12 April 2019

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25 April 2019, pp 175-199
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This chapter examines creativity from the perspective of the creative cognition approach. That approach views the generation of novel and useful ideas as being the result of applying basic cognitive processes to existing knowledge structures. Processes considered include the retrieval of information at various levels of abstraction, the priming of information from recent exposure to ideas, conceptual combination, and analogical thought. The chapter traces work from several modes of inquiry, including laboratory studies using specialist and nonspecialist samples, anecdotal/historical accounts, and in vivo studies of high-level creative professionals to converge on a cognitive perspective on creativity.

Chapter 5 - Cognition and Creativity
from Section II - Diverse Perspectives on Creativity
- By Thomas B. Ward, Yuliya Kolomyts
Edited by James C. Kaufman, California State University, San Bernardino, Robert J. Sternberg, Tufts University, Massachusetts
Book:

The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity

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05 June 2012

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23 August 2010, pp 93-112
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