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Creative-Thinking Ability and Talent Development
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ABSTRACT
Creative-thinking ability is the cognitive ability to generate ideas that are unusual and of high quality. Creative thinkers discover or produce ideas that are imaginative, clever, elegant, or surprising (Guilford, 1967; Mednick, 1962). They perceive and define problems differently and notice things that others ignore (Wallach, 1970). They store and retrieve information differently as well. As a consequence of these basic differences, they produce unique and imaginative solutions. Torrance (1962) alluded to some of these abilities when he defined creative thinking as “the process of sensing gaps or disturbing missing elements; forming ideas or hypotheses concerning them; testing these hypotheses; and communicating the results; possibly modifying and retesting the hypotheses.” (p. 16). Creative-thinking abilities are essential for the development of creative talent. Numerous studies have shown positive relationships between creative-thinking ability and creative accomplishment (e.g., Hong & Milgram, 1996; Livne & Milgram, 2006; Milgram & Livne, 2006; Okuda, Runco, & Berger, 1991).