COMPONENTS OF CREATIVITY

 

1. Flexibility: creativity often begins with the flexible combination and modification of concepts or strategies to produce new, different types of representations. It is the ability to cross boundaries, resign existing norms, and contemporary ideas, think of new ideas as well as ability to adapt and appreciate new ideas and thoughts.

2. Fluency: this is the ability to come up with many diverse ideas quickly. This is measured by the total number of ideas generated. The ability to think about diverse ideas quickly is an important component of creativity.

3. Originality: this is related to the Novelty of ideas. Creativity involves producing original ideas that are unusual for a novel, and it sometimes involves combining two or more different concepts to create a new, synthesized idea.

4. Elaboration: This measure the amount of detail associated with the idea. Elaboration has more to do with focusing on each solution or Idea and developing it further.

5. Usability: it is another important component of creativity. Those ideas and objects of theories will be called creative which are useful to some extent directly or indirectly.

6. Motivation: it can be thought of as the driving force for creativity. In major cases, intrinsic motivation like passion for purpose and interest fund for doing something is the driving forces for creativity. Sometimes extrinsic motivation like there also played a crucial role in creativity.

7. Expertise: it is technical, procedural, and intellectual knowledge. Spending more time with ideas, acquiring skills, and thus acquiring expertise is other essential component of creativity. If someone has more expertise in his work for example more skilled in handling operators and doing reactions in the laboratory it will enhance and enrich his creativity.

8. Sensitivity: it is the ability to sense problems, to see deficiencies and needs in life, and the challenge to find the solution and feel these needs. it is the ability to be sensitive to our inner life and the pleasure of seeking and discovering ideas.

9. Reflection: it is the ability to consider and reconsider; to evaluate our own ideas as well as the ideas of others; to take time to achieve understanding and insight, to look ahead and plan, to visualize the complete picture.

10. Focus: the focus is an essential component of creativity. Cannot create until he or she is fully engaged in the process and he or she cannot fully engage in the process if she is distracted by other stimuli. It helps someone to work hard, long, consistently, and persistently with extraordinary concentration.