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The idea of creation was a type of discovery. Even Plato thought nothing could be new and art just copied things that already exhisted
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Any special talents or unusual abilities in men were thought to be a spirit using the male as a conduit, not creativity.
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The abilities were being recognized as the persons own skills, not an outside spirit.
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Chaucer first used the word create, but is was still not a focus of thought.
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Corpernicus (1471-1543), Galileo (1564-1642) and Newton (1642-1727) brought philosophical discussions and scientific discovery.
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The word Research appreared. Its use was know for scientific inquiry. The word Researcher started in 1615.
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A publication that required publishing research results. The forced publications caused little originality due to requirements set by the society.
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Continental Europe had creative poets and artists.
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Science discovery and models became instruments for looking at the physical world. This time was believed to be the start of modern Western civilization
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European artists, writers and philosiphers questions the limits to the freedom of thought. Creativity is still not understood.
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The idea of creativity was seperated from the ideas of genius, originality, talent, and formal education. But the concept of creativity did not exist.
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Artist work was emotional.
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Darwin's ideas of natural selection brought characteristics of creativity to light with adaptations and diversity.
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Galton's pychological research indirectly researched creativity.
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Formulated the idea of divergent thinking.
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Findings on her creativity research with children showed: Persitent effort, strong self-efficacy and great character shows creativity in not one type of behavior; making creativity complex.
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In the 1950's to 1960's creative personalities was a new topic