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Peer reviewedSimonton, Dean Keith – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1998
This introductory article discusses a blind-variation and selective-retention model of the creative process developed by Donald Campbell. According to Campbell, creativity contains three conditions: a mechanism for introducing variation, a consistent selection process, and a mechanism for preserving and reproducing selected variations. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
