Creativity is a comprehensive ability unique to human beings. Whether a person is creative or not is the difference between first-class talents and third-rate talents. It is composed of complex and multi-factor optimization such as knowledge, intelligence, ability and excellent personality quality. Creativity refers to the ability to generate new ideas, discover and create new things. It is a psychological quality that is necessary to successfully accomplish a certain creative activity. For example, creating new concepts, new theories, updating technologies, inventing new equipment, new methods, and creating new works are all manifestations of creativity. Creativity is a series of continuous, complex, high-level mental activities. It requires a high degree of strain of the whole physical and intellectual strength of the person, as well as creative thinking to be carried out at the highest level. There is also a book of the same name, "Creativity".

Chinese name creativity

The foreign name is creativityingenuity

Nature: A comprehensive ability unique to human beings

Constituent factors such as knowledge, intelligence, personality, etc

conception

CreativityIngenuity

True creative activities always produce valuable results for society, and the essence of the history of human civilization is the realization of creativity. The study of creativity has received more and more attention, and due to the different emphases, there are two tendencies, one is not to see creativity as a ability, to think of it as one or more mental processes that create something new and valuable, and the other is to think that it is not a process, but a product. It is generally considered to be both an ability and a complex mental process and a novel product.

It was argued that the full realization of creative potential was achieved. People with higher intelligence usually have higher intelligence, but people with high intelligence do not necessarily have superior creativity. According to Western scholars, the difference between intelligence and creativity is not obvious when the IQ exceeds a certain level. People with high creativity are prone to strong interest in obvious abnormalities, contradictions and imbalances in objective things, have a particularly strong sense of things, can grasp the problems that are easy to be ignored by ordinary people, scrutinize into detail, are strong-willed, relatively self-confident, have a strong sense of self-awareness, and can recognize and evaluate their own and others' behaviors and characteristics.

What distinguishes creativity from general ability is its novelty and originality. Its main ingredient is divergent thinking, that is, the way of thinking that explores the unknown from the known without direction and without constraints. According to the American psychologist Guilford, divergent thinking, when manifested as external behavior, represents an individual's creative ability.

It can be said that creativity is to use your own methods to create new things that others don't know.

Constituent Factors

knowledge

It includes the ability to absorb knowledge, the ability to memorize knowledge, and the ability to understand knowledge. Absorbing knowledge, consolidating knowledge, mastering professional skills, operating techniques, accumulating practical experience, expanding knowledge, and using knowledge to analyze problems are the foundations of creativity. Any creation is inseparable from knowledge, and the abundance of knowledge is conducive to putting forward more and better creative ideas, and scientifically analyzing, identifying, simplifying, adjusting and revising ideas; and conducive to the implementation and testing of creative solutions; Moreover, it is conducive to overcoming inferiority complex and enhancing self-confidence, which is an important part of creativity.

intellect

Intelligence is the synthesis of intelligence and multiple abilities, including keen and unique observation, highly concentrated attention, efficient and long-lasting memory and flexible operation, as well as creative thinking ability, as well as the ability to master and apply creative principles, techniques and methods. This is an important part of what constitutes creativity.

personality

Including the content of will, sentiment, etc. It is formed and developed on the basis of a person's physiological quality and under certain social and historical conditions through social practice activities, and is the creative quality manifested in creative activities. Good quality is extremely important for creativity and is another important part of creativity.

Excellent personality qualities such as insatiable enterprising, strong desire for knowledge, tenacious and tenacious will, and proactive independent thinking spirit are important conditions and guarantees for creativity. In short, knowledge, intelligence and good personality qualities are the basic elements of creativity, and they interact and influence each other to determine the level of creativity.

features

Flexibility

Thinking can be improvised, draw inferences from others, and is not easily disturbed by mental stereotypes such as functional fixation, so it can generate extraordinary ideas and put forward new ideas.

Fluency

The response is fast and numerous, and it is able to express more ideas in a shorter period of time.

Uniqueness

Have an unusual and unique view of things. Convergent thinking also plays an important role in the structure of creative competence. The so-called convergent thinking refers to the way of thinking that uses the principles, laws, and methods that have been determined to solve problems with direction, scope, and procedures. Divergent thinking and convergent thinking are unified and mutually reinforcing. When people engage in creative activities, they need both divergent and convergent thinking. Any successful creativity is the result of the integration of these two mindsets. Creativity has a certain relationship with general ability, and studies have shown that intelligence is the basic condition for the development of creative ability, and people with too low intelligence level cannot have high creativity.

In addition, creativity and personality characteristics are also closely related, the results of comprehensive research show that highly creative people have the following personality characteristics: wide interest, fluent language, humor, quick response, rigorous thinking, good memory, high work efficiency, less herd behavior, good independence, strong self-confidence, like to study abstract problems, large range of life, strong social skills, high level of ambition, straightforward attitude, frank, emotionally open, informal, giving people a romantic impression.

Relevant competencies

In addition to the intellectual factor, the other five important abilities that are closely related to creativity are: acuity, flexibility, originality, perseverance, and fluency. Specifically, it is:

(1) Sensitivity

"Sensitivity" refers to the ability to be extremely acute, and when someone changes the layout of your room, you can immediately notice the changes that have occurred, and it is not bad at all, which means that your "acuity" is quite strong.

(2) Fluency

When asked, what is the purpose of a "teacup"? In a limited time, the person who can come up with the most answers has a better "fluency".

(3) Flexibility

Look at a problem in a different new way.

We describe the ability to be flexible with "mountains and rivers have no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village", "improvisation" and "drawing inferences from one another".

(4) Originality

Refers to the uniqueness of the response, coming up with ideas that others can't think of. Unique and novel capabilities.

(5) Elaboration

Diligence refers to the ability to think from a more refined and nuanced perspective. For example, when putting paper boats, some people know how to apply a layer of wax to the bottom of the paper boat to prevent it from being damaged by water.

Cultivation method

principle

(1) Stimulate intellectual curiosity and curiosity, cultivate keen observation and rich imagination, especially creative imagination, and cultivate the ability to make changes and discover new problems or relationships;

(2) Pay attention to the fluency, flexibility and originality of thinking;

(3) Cultivating thinking of seeking differences and seeking common ground;

(4) Cultivate the ability of sudden association. Sudden association refers to the use of extremely rapid associations in a certain period of time by brainstorming, giving rise to novel and creative ideas.

Here's how

Want to help your child maximize their unique talents and talents? Is there a way of thinking that can benefit children for a lifetime? The peculiarity of these methods is that they not only greatly unlock children's creativity, but also help children build a flexible and effective personalized learning system.

No.1: Welcome to the "why" era

Children's little heads are always full of questions, and when they come to ask "why" with a frown and an eager expression, our natural reaction is to try to give them answers. Providing answers can certainly increase a child's knowledge, but if children are always passively accepting this isolated knowledge, it is difficult to improve their thinking skills.

If you answer the question in a different way: "Why?" "What do you think?" "How did you come up with that?" "So what?" It helps children explore more. In addition, when thinking about these questions, children need to recall previous experiences and reason, which can help them improve their ability to think independently and learn.

Try it: Find a topic that your child is interested in, resist the urge to tell your child the answer, and immediately after your child's "why", then ask the question back: "That's a great idea, don't you think?" You will find that this heuristic rhetorical question sets the child's brain running, and he is completely attracted by his own questions, discussing them with you with interest, and even after the discussion is over, the interest is still high.

This kind of thinking encouragement can generally be carried out when the child is 2~3 years old. What you need to do is to adjust the depth of the questions according to the child's level of understanding, and guide the child to get new ideas from the experience in a pleasant conversation.

No.2 spreads the wings of the imagination

This training is also often referred to as "whimsy". Childhood is a time of fantasy. In our opinion, children's imagination may be ridiculous and unrealistic, but once they can "whimsical" and follow the rules of the crowd, valuable creative thinking patterns begin to form.

No.3 looks at ordinary things with new eyes

If 4 is half of 8, usually people will answer, "Yes." And then ask, "0 is half of 8, right?" It took some time to think about it before most people agreed with this statement (8 is made up of two zeros stacked on top of each other). At this time, if you ask, "3 is half of 8, right?" "People will soon see that if you divide 8 vertically into two halves, it will be two 3s.

Getting out of stereotypes is the starting point for creative thinking. When we learn to change the perspective of thinking, we will better see the relationship between problem situations and more effectively discover creative solutions to problems.

Allowing children to re-understand some of the things they are accustomed to with new eyes is the foundation for cultivating creative thinking. Once the child gets used to this thought process, when he encounters an unfamiliar problem again, he will think of a different way of thinking to find a solution to a new challenge, a new situation or a new problem he is experiencing.

The following activities can help your child learn more about and maximize this ability.

No.4 Questioning: True or Fake?

Another characteristic of creative thinking is the constant questioning of the known: true or false? Thus seeking new possibilities. If children are accustomed to thinking critically and deeply, they will be more open-minded and flexible.

When children have given their own views on a problem, then allowing them to speak up and support opposing views can make them aware of different thought patterns. In the following activities, children will learn how to do this.

No.5 Don't let "no" trip over children

Self-confidence is a prerequisite for children's continuous improvement. With self-confidence, children will become brave and willing to take risks. And when you say "no" to your child, you may be blocking your child's great idea. This can frustrate the child, make him feel stupid, and have less and less self-esteem.

At all times, encourage and praise your child, and avoid letting "no" restrain or limit your child's creativity.

At the same time, it is also necessary to guide the child to say "yes" to all possible things, and to say "why not" instead of "I can't". Then focus on validating your ideas. That's how great creations are often born.

No.6 one-two-three, turn backwards

People who are good at creative thinking often try to think in the opposite way of ordinary people, which is called reverse thinking. Reverse thinking can break the box, make discoveries and achievements in places that others think are impossible and where others don't notice.

Someone fell into the water, and the conventional thinking mode was to save people from the water, but Sima Guang had a clever move and smashed the cylinder with a stone, so that the water flowed out of the broken tank, thus saving the little friend, which was the use of reverse thinking.

Reverse thinking frees you from the constraints of your brain's inherent patterns and helps you broaden your thinking and unleash your creativity and imagination when you need to create something you can't depict or see.

No.7 Open up the child's perceptual world

Children can only be ignited if they create a spark in an environment at their own disposal and control, so we try to provide them with opportunities to see, touch, experiment, learn, express themselves and do things with their hands. This will greatly open up ideas and ideas that he has not tried before, and it is also a key to enhancing his child's creativity.

In order to provide such opportunities for our children, our responsibility is to:

Provide children with a challenging, engaging environment that is not limited by time, space and materials. All activities should be chosen to be appropriate for the child's specific age and developmental stage. The best activities for children are operational and open-ended, and it is the process that matters rather than the outcome.

Famous quotes

It is undeniable that the use of creativity and free creative activities are the real functions of human beings; Man's creative activity is the real function of man; This is evidenced by the fact that man finds his true happiness in creation.

- Arnold

The most essential characteristic of talent lies in creation.

—Proverbs

People can grow old and grow stronger, or they can grow old before they get old, and the key is not in their age, but in the size of their creativity.

- Lurkalski

The creator is the one who really enjoys it.

- Furk

A man of genius - with a superhuman personality who never follows the thoughts and paths of ordinary people.

—Stendhal

Independence is an essential characteristic of genius.

—Goethe

The name of joy is creation.

- Sheehan

All the good things in the world are the fruit of creativity.

- Mir