Theories of categorization need to account for ways in which people use their creativity to categorize things, especially in the context of similarity. The current three-phase study is a preliminary attempt to understand how people group concepts together as well as to explore the role of similarity between concepts in creative categorization.…

This study continues the effort to investigate the possible influence of bilingualism on an individual's creative potential. The performances of Farsi-English bilinguals living in the UAE and Farsi monolinguals living in Iran were compared on the Culture Fair Intelligence Test battery and two creativity tests: divergent thinking test (the…

This repeated measures study examined second graders' (n = 21) performance in creating inventions related to animal adaptations for simple products under two conditions that alternated each week for a six-week period. In the analogy condition, students used form and function analogy object boxes to learn about animal adaptations, applying these…

Individual differences in creativity across the lifespan have been identified, but little research has focused on the development of creativity during early adolescence. This project examined individual differences on two measures of creativity in early adolescence as well as the predictability of adolescent creativity from pretend play behaviors…

This paper reviews historical highlights of the imagery-creativity connection, including early and contemporary accounts, along with notable examples of imagery in the creative process. It also looks at cross-modal imagery (synesthesia), a model of image-based creativity and the creative process, and implications for strengthening creativity by…

This research concerns itself with making the imagination work; with developing, in university playwrights, a freedom to fantasy; and with encouraging them to give artistic form to their fantasies. (Author/RK)

Don Quixote's imaginings were compared with his squire's practical outlook. What the "squire," Sancho Panza, sees, Quixote pictures. The difference between the schizophrenic act and the act of creation were explored with the help of Cervantes and metaphors. (Author/RK)

Article presented problem-solving suggestions designed to help us become more creative. (Author/RK)

Article considers the causes of happiness and unhappiness in relation to the creative person. (RK)

Imaginative play can enhance preschoolers' oral language when the child's internal control is strenghtened, external reality is suspended, and motivation exists to become involved. The caregiver provides cues in the arrangement of the environment and selection of materials. Cues can encourage dramatic as well as sociodramatic play. (CL)

Considers the process of creativity and its expression in the drawings of children. (RK)

This paper views creativity as the combination of the conditions of interaction and transformation-imagination-fantasy. These conditions operate together, simultaneously, in order to define the complex process of creativity. (DB)

Checklists--any form of questions or suggestions that stimulate ideation--have been found to be invaluable in the formation of creative ideas. Thus, the Scamper technique draws quite heavily on a list of Idea-Spurring questions developed by the late Alex F. Osborn founder of the Creative Education Foundation. (Author)

Describes research on creative processes, in which subjects were tested in a hypnotic experiment. (DR)