Chemistry Reference
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Fig. 2.2
Contributions to
science by age and discipline
as plotted by Simonton
(
2004
) . Reprinted by
permission of Cambridge
University Press
An important concept that goes along with creativity is flow defined as “an almost
automatic, effortless, yet highly focused state of consciousness” (Csikszentmihalyi,
2008
). Flow is something any creative person must capture to be successful. The
characteristics of flow include:
•
Setting speci fi c goals
•
Obtaining rapid feedback
•
Balancing challenges and appropriate skills
•
Assessing needs and converting them into action
•
Eliminating distractions for complete concentration
•
Suppressing any fear of failure
•
Losing self-consciousness
•
Losing complete track of time
•
Developing a cycle of successes
Gough (
1952
) developed an Adjective Check List to relate to different personality
types. He related this list to the creative people (Gough,
1979
) and the list is repro-
duced in Fig.
2.3
. Take the test and see how well you score on creativity.
