This week in class we discussed what are the best measures of creativity. In the beginning of class we even tested out some simple measures used to asses creativity. When thinking about how to best approach this I do not think there is a clear solution.
The problem with creativity is that it can be expressed in almost countless domains. When thinking about intelligence there were multiple kinds (in my opinion) but still few enough major categories that could be mainly looked at. But to me, there are literally endless possibilities to exercise creativity. For example, you can be creative in the original ways such as art, music, design, and writing etc. However, if you define creativity as original ideas as I do, then you can be creative in literally any capacity. For example, one could exercise creativity in a business plan, in their financing, in sports, or in their parenting.
The reason I feel there is no truly good measure of creativity itself is because you cannot compare things that are so different. Obviously you could compare musical creativity to other musical creativity (to an extent) but you cannot compare a general sense of creativity over all domains.
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