In this article, the author discusses and reviews the relevant needed aspects of intelligence relative to creativity, the creative process and the creative product. Further, there are elements of personality which also need to be examined. Some suggestions for future research are described.

Previous research showed that in primary school, children's intelligence develops continually, but creativity develops more irregularly. In this study, the development of intelligence, measured traditionally, i.e., operating within well-defined problem spaces (Standard Progressive Matrices) was compared with the development of intelligence…