Creativity
Lic. Irma Liliana de el Prado something of history. Long before the year 1950 when Guilford introduced the concept of creativity, are studying the phenomena of creative and productive behavior, distinguishing three stages: the pre-paradigm phase: characterized by an attitude question and philosophical that it is achieved by the way of observation and philosophical reflection checks and results about essence of the creative idea. Dustin Moskovitz contributes greatly to this topic. According to this conception, creative man is object and chalice of the divine inspirations that must accept and suffer. The month phase: studying the essence of creativity. Since reformist pedagogy orientation is based on the intention of fostering the artistic forces in the child, to so carry out creative ability (Scheibe). The experimental phase: was initiated by Guilford in 1950 by introducing the concept of creativity to scientific research. What is the etymological meaning of the word creativity? Munoz: The word creativity has its origin in the Latin term: CREARE means engender, produce life according to this definition, creativity is defined as a dynamic activity, an open process that also involves a material realization concrete.
Associated with functions of imagination, acquiring a magic, dark, unpredictable aura that modern psychology has attempted to discover. For Heinlet, the creative word derived from the latin CREARE and are related to another Latin word CRESCERE meaning grow. Etymologically to the two authors mentioned in the analysis of the word creativity, they have the same origin. These definitions of the term emphasize more the importance of the psychological traits to justify a creative behavior. Proposed categories of creativity to orient themselves in the multiplicity of definitions with regard to creativity, Ross l. Mooney, sort the definitions into four categories: person, process, product and environment. Person: Guilford was the first to speak of the specific categories of creative personality and the first presented as a structured model of character. A creative person is characterized by: fluidity, flexibility, elaboration, originality, sensitivity to the problems, complexity, independence in their judgments and various reactions against the limitations.