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Sternberg, Robert J.; Lubart, Todd I. – American Psychologist, 1996
Argues that psychology has underinvestigated the study of creativity, provides six reasons for this neglect, and describes recent work on creativity that is leading to wider interest in the topic. Confluence theories, representing various multidisciplinary approaches to creativity, are proposed as offering a more promising approach to the study of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creativity Research, Creativity Tests