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The Two‐Conditions View of Creativity
Author(s) -
MELLOU ELENI
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.1996.tb00763.x
Subject(s) - creativity , fantasy , transformation (genetics) , psychology , face (sociological concept) , creativity technique , process (computing) , epistemology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , cognitive science , computer science , sociology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , operating system
In‐an attempt to overcome the difficulties people face in defining the complex concept “creativity,” the present paper will consider creativity as two basic conditions: (a) as an interaction condition, and (b) as a transformation‐imagination‐fantasy condition. Creativity is a process that is the combination of these conditions of interaction, transformation, imagination, and fantasy. These conditions operate simultaneously in the activities of individuals. Indeed, none of them can stand alone, since one implies the others if creativity is to occur.