Meta-Model of Creativity

Creativity or creativities? That is what Robert J. Sternberg asked in 2005.

Defining creativity is a difficult task. Sternberg suggests to start this by asking... more questions:

1. What is creativity? (Burleson, 2005; Edmonds et al., 2005).

2. How can creativity be enhanced? (Edmonds et al., 2005; Oppenheim, 2005; Fischer
et al., 2005).

3. How do previous sources of information contribute to present creativity? (Bonnardel and Marmeche, 2005).

4. How can the environment be designed to support creativity? (Hewett, 2005;
Oppenheim, 2005; Yamamoto and Nakakoji, 2005).

5. What are the cognitive, personality, and motivational constituents of creativity? (Burleson, 2005; Selker, 2005).

6. What is the relation of creativity to knowledge and expertise? (Burleson, 2005).

7. What role can technology play in understanding and enhancing creativity?
(Bonnardel and Marmeche, 2005; Edmonds et al., 2005; Hewett, 2005; Selker,
2005).

8. What is the role of social context in creativity? (Fischer et al., 2005).

All this needs a Meta-Model of Creativity. I prefer the next one:

Two years ago Richard Tabor Green sent me this meta-model of his. I like the thing that there are those opposites (like System vs. Self) mentioned. Maybe some day I will have more time to elaborate it ;-) In the meanwhile, please, check the document behind this meta-model.

Do you happen to know other (good) creativity meta-models?