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Creativity and Intelligence

Creativity and Intelligence. What are they? How can we measure them?. Creativity. Creativity = being both novel and relevant Insight in problem solving as an example of creativity; 4 stages of creative thought: Preparation Incubation Illumination Verification .

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Creativity and Intelligence

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  1. Creativity and Intelligence What are they? How can we measure them?

  2. Creativity • Creativity = being both novel and relevant • Insight in problem solving as an example of creativity; 4 stages of creative thought: • Preparation • Incubation • Illumination • Verification

  3. Can you measure creativity? • Divergent productions • Remote Associates Test (RAT) • Judges' ratings

  4. What is creativity? • The Investment Theory of Creativity (Sternberg and Lubart) "buy low and sell high"

  5. Intelligence: What is it? • “What the intelligence tests measure” • Is it one thing or many? • One thing: Spearman’s g • Many things: • Thurstone -- several "primary mental abilities" • Guilford -- 120 mental factors (operations, products, contents)

  6. Current Theories • Gardner -- multiple intelligences • Sternberg -- Triarchic theory • Three basic types of intelligent behavior • Componential -- "Book smart" • Experiential -- "Creative intelligence" • Contextual -- "Street smart".

  7. Measuring intelligence • Binet & Simon: "mental age." • "IQ" • Problems: • Cultural bias • School-oriented • The approaches of Gardner and Sternberg are, at least in part, an attempt to address problems like these by broadening the concept of what it means to be intelligent.

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