CONCEPT AND FACTORS OF

CREATIVITY

PRESENTED BY,
SREEJA.C
DEPT OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION

• Creativity is the ability to transcend traditional

ideas, rules, patterns, relationships or the like and
to create meaning full new ideas, forms, methods,
interpretation, etc; originality, progressiveness or
imagination.
MEANING

• The word creativity is derived from

Latin word, create. It means ‘ to
create ‘ or ‘ make ‘.
DEFINITION

• According to SPEARMAN says, Creativity is the power of

human mind to create new contents by transforming
relations and generating new correlates.
• According to GUILFORD Says, Creativity is the capacity to
produce ideas that are both new and useful through
divergent thinking.
NATURE OF CREATIVITY

• Creativity is the result of divergent thinking.

• Creativity is not a product. It is a factor or an ability.
• Creativity is a way of thinking. It is not a synonym of
intelligence.
• Creativity whether it is oral written, abstract or concrete
is in any case, unique.
• Everyone possess creative powers to some degree.
 FACTORS INFLUENCING CREATIVITY

• Community vs Individual
thinking
. Alone
Group
FACTORS INFLUENCING CREATIVITY

• Learning
• Experience
• Motivation
• Imagination
• Intelligence
• Personality
CONCLUSION

• Critical and Creative thinking skills has

become a fundamental life skill. It can be very
helpful in a professional setting to get a job or
a promotion. Additionally, success and
satisfaction can be replicated in other spheres
of life too.