The first questions that pop onto mind when studying Intelligence and Creativity are ‘what are the differences and similarities of the two?’ as well as ‘what are their relationships?’ For years, this topic has been a debacle for many researchers and psychologists. Most have thought “(1) creativity is a subset of intelligence; (2) intelligence is a subset of creativity; (3) creativity and intelligence are overlapping sets; (4) creativity and intelligence are essentially the same thing (coincident sets); and (5) creativity and intelligence bear no relation at all to each other (disjoint sets).” (Sternberg, 1999, p.251). The most pervasive of all thus far has been that these two terms overlap each other.
Intelligence has been defined as the ability to acquire and utilize knowledge, and creativity is the ability to come up with new ideas through a mental process of connecting existing concepts. While creativity is coming up with new ideas, it does not necessarily mean that these new ideas have to be super “intelligent” or beyond an average man’s thought, it is still creativity if it is foreign to the thinker. I thought of finding a way through a maze when reading these definitions. Intelligence would be having a map and being able to interpret and analyze the given …show more content…
I would say after conducting this research, I am now very much aware of the relationships of intelligence and creativity. I used to think intelligence and creativity were same things, but just different terms. I have gained relevant knowledge on the topic of intelligence and creativity, and also how children’s creativity can be
Intelligence has been defined as the ability to acquire and utilize knowledge, and creativity is the ability to come up with new ideas through a mental process of connecting existing concepts. While creativity is coming up with new ideas, it does not necessarily mean that these new ideas have to be super “intelligent” or beyond an average man’s thought, it is still creativity if it is foreign to the thinker. I thought of finding a way through a maze when reading these definitions. Intelligence would be having a map and being able to interpret and analyze the given …show more content…
I would say after conducting this research, I am now very much aware of the relationships of intelligence and creativity. I used to think intelligence and creativity were same things, but just different terms. I have gained relevant knowledge on the topic of intelligence and creativity, and also how children’s creativity can be