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Ward, Thomas B.; Kennedy, Evan S. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2017
In the past 20 years, there has been a strong and steady increase in the number of publications concerned with creativity and in the number of outlets for that work. More importantly, there has been an increase in the level of detail and sophistication of answers provided for the most fundamental questions in the field. We illustrate that…
Descriptors: Creativity, Personality Traits, Cognitive Processes, Futures (of Society)
Ward, Thomas B. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
Previous studies have shown that a predominant tendency in creative generation tasks is to base new ideas on well-known, specific instances of previous ideas (e.g., basing ideas for imaginary aliens on dogs, cats or bears). However, a substantial minority of individuals has been shown to adopt more abstract approaches to the task and to develop…
Descriptors: Creativity, Individual Differences, Creative Thinking, Creative Activities
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Ward, Thomas B. – American Psychologist, 2001
Explores the use of conceptual combination in Stephen Donaldson's development of ideas for his fantasy books. Uses Donaldson's own account to illustrate the general principles of a creative cognition approach to understanding creativity and the role of the process of conceptual combination. Assesses links between Donaldson's and others' anecdotal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing, Creativity
Wickes, Katherine N. Saunders; Ward, Thomas B. – Roeper Review, 2006
This paper examines the structure of implicit theories of creativity in a sample of gifted adolescents and describes the development and use of the Creative Self Checklist and the Creative Individual Checklist, adjective checklists designed to assess endorsement of creativity-related personality and behavioral attributes. Findings indicate that…
Descriptors: Creativity Tests, Check Lists, Adolescents, Academically Gifted
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Ward, Thomas B.; Saunders, Katherine N.; Dodds, Rebecca A. – Roeper Review, 1999
Fifty-four gifted adolescents performed a creative generation task in which they imagined and drew fruit that might exist on another planet. They developed fruit that was rated as more original than developed by college students, and did so regardless of whether they were explicitly instructed to be more creative. (CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes