Comments on Where the Creativity Research Has Been and Where Is It Going. (12th December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Runco, Mark A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of creative behavior. Volume 51:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 308
• Page End: 313
• Publication Date: 2017-12-12
• Subjects: divergent thinking -- semantic networks -- everyday creativity -- creativity in the moral domain -- political creativity -- interdisciplinary research -- creative economy; Creative ability -- Periodicals; Creativeness -- Abstracts; Creativeness -- Periodicals; Education -- Abstracts; Education -- Periodicals; Créativité -- Périodiques; 153.35
• DOI: 10.1002/jocb.189
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0175

Abstract

Abstract: This Commentary examines where the creativity research has been and where it is going. They key points include evolving definitions of creativity, interdisciplinarity in the creativity research, divergent thinking as a reliable index of creative potential, improvements in testing, the impact of technology, the inclusion of political, moral, and everyday creativity in the research, the use of semantic networks and conceptual maps, the creative economy, and the need to extricate personal creativity from social recognition.