Creative Experiences of Children

Creative Experiences for Children 2(1+1)

Lesson 4: Theoretical Perspectives on Creativity

Association theories: (Hume and Mill)

• Unusual associations among ideas form the basis of creative thinking.
• Creativity is a process “as the forming of associative elements into new combinations which either meet specified requirements in some useful way.
• A novel solution is the outcome of conflicting action tendencies from previous associative learning which are tried out in the new situation
• More original individual gives associative responses of lower probability
• Creative responses are associated with the rewards and punishments for his past creative thinking during his past childhood.

Examples of unusual associations