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Wallas' Four-Stage Model of the Creative Process: More than Meets the Eye?
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Sadler-Smith, Eugene – Creativity Research Journal, 2015
Based on a detailed reading of Graham Wallas' "Art of Thought" (1926) it is argued that his four-stage model of the creative process (Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, Verification), in spite of holding sway as a conceptual anchor for many creativity researchers, does not reflect accurately Wallas' full account of the creative…
Descriptors: Creativity, Models, Scientific Principles, Discovery Processes
On Praising Convergent Thinking: Creativity as Blind Variation and Selective Retention
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Simonton, Dean Keith – Creativity Research Journal, 2015
Arthur Cropley (2006) emphasized the critical place that convergent thinking has in creativity. Although he briefly refers to the blind variation and selective retention (BVSR) theory of creativity, his discussion could not reflect the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in BVSR, especially the resulting combinatorial models.…
Descriptors: Creativity, Convergent Thinking, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes