University of Northern Iowa Systems Theory of Creativity Discussion
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In the previous chapter, you were introduced to the Systems Theory of Creativity, where Csikszentmihalyi argued that creative people do not, as popular culture holds, work in isolation and do not achieve their success because they are lone geniuses. Instead, they succeed because they understand how to effectively function within a system, comprised on the largest level as the Domain, the Field, and the Individual. In Chapter Three, he makes the case that highly creative persons can be characterized by the complexity of their personalities. They are are both highly differentiated and integrated.
After you read the chapter, begin with a summary of the idea of psychological complexity in your own words. How does having a personality consisting of opposite traits position someone to be more creative? Include an example of someone you consider psychologically complex, maybe even yourself. Does this complexity help you or them to be more creative?
6 paragraph ( 8 sentences in each)
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