The English word "creativity" comes from the Latin terms creare (meaning 'to create') and facere (meaning 'to make'). Its derivational suffixes also … 展开

Ancient
Most ancient cultures, including Ancient Greece, Ancient China, and Ancient India, lacked the concept of … 展开

"Four C" model
James C. Kaufman and Ronald A. Beghetto introduced a "four C" model of creativity. The four "C's" are the following:
1. mini-c ("transformative learning" involving "personally meaningful interpretations of … 展开

Intelligence
The potential relationship between creativity and intelligence has been of interest since the last half of the twentieth century, when many … 展开

In a summary of scientific research into creativity, Michael Mumford suggests, "We seem to have reached a general agreement that creativity involves the production of 展开

There has been much empirical study in psychology and cognitive science of the processes through which creativity occurs. Interpretation of the results of these studies has led to several … 展开

Psychometric approaches
History
J. P. Guilford's group, which pioneered the modern psychometric study of creativity, constructed several … 展开