Discussion
"An idea is creative for a particular person if that person could not have had that idea before", this account of creativity falls in line with which of the following theories :
Answer: D
The account belongs to Boden's impossibility theory of creativity.
Margaret Boden distinguishes psychological (P-) creativity from historical (H-) creativity. An idea is P-creative if the person in whose mind it arises could not have had it before, because it was impossible within the conceptual space that person had been working in; it is H-creative if no one in history had it before. Because creativity is defined by this impossibility rather than mere novelty, her view is often called an 'impossibilist' account.
Amabile's componential theory explains creativity through skills, processes, motivation and environment, not by this definition. Guilford studied divergent thinking. Wallas, not 'Wallace', proposed the four stages of the creative process, and neither is defined by what a person could have thought before.
Post your comment
Please log in or register to post a comment.
Examination Categories
- SSC Exams
- Banking Exams
- Teaching Exams
- Civil Services Exams
- Railways Exams
- Engineering Recruitment Exams
- Defence Exams
- State Government Exams
- Police Exams
- Insurance Exams
- Nursing Exams
- Other Government Exams
- NRA CET
- PG Entrance Exams
- Campus Placement
- MBA Entrance Exams
- CUET and UG Entrance
- Judiciary Exams
- Regulatory Body Exams
- Software Development