Style: A Key New Dimension for Creativity Research and Development
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Understanding, recognizing, nurturing, and developing creativity in individuals, teams, and organizations has become a major priority for research and practice. Cognitive psychology has played a major role in these efforts. The preponderance of research has focused on level, or degree of capability, and cognitive psychology has contributed to identifying intellectual abilities and characteristics associated with creativity. More recent efforts have identified style, or preferred modality, as another category of characteristics to be considered in understanding and developing creative talent. This additional dimension holds great promise for this important area of work. This article presents the essence of what this dimension means, and some of the key areas for its potential value for future research and practice.
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