Commentary: Divergent Thinking Is Not Synonymous With Creativity

By Mark A. Runco. 2008

242 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Mechanical Engineering

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. R. Reiter‐Palmon
2. Paul J Silvia
3. M. Sanchez-Ruiz
4. J. Pérez‐González
5. Baptiste Barbot
6. Boris Forthmann
7. Mark Batey
8. K. V. Petrides

In Mechanical Engineering

1. Paul J Silvia
2. A. O'Connor
3. R. Reiter‐Palmon
4. Boris Forthmann
5. Satoshi Akutsu
6. Baptiste Barbot
7. C. Nemeth

Citations in the corpus

• Discernment and creativity: How well can people identify their most creative ideas? (2008, methodology): “Interested readers can consult comments on the target article that developed this subjective method—provided by Baer (2008); Kim (2008); Kogan (2008); Lee (2008); Mumford, Vessey, and Barrett (2008); and Runco (2008)—along with the rejoinder (Silvia, Winterstein, & Willse, 2008).”
• Consequences of Beliefs about the Malleability of Creativity (2013, background): “This mindset may facilitate divergent thinking, which is implicated as an antecedent to creative thinking (McCrae, 1987; Runco, 1991, 2008).”
• Subjective scoring of divergent thinking: Examining the reliability of unusual uses, instances, and consequences tasks. (2011, background): “Top-two scoring in particular is controversial (see Baer, 2008, Kim, 2008 and Runco, 2008), but the validity of psychological assessment is largely an empirical question.”
• Approaches to Measuring Creativity: A Systematic Literature Review (2017, unknown): “…of an individual’s entire creativity (Baer, 2011, 2016; Batey & Furnham, 2006; Fishkin & Johnson, 1998; Kaufman et al., 2007; Kaufman et al., 2012; Kim, 2006a; Lubart & Guignard, 2004; Runco, 1993, 2008; Runco & Acar, 2012; Torrance & Haensly, 2003; Treffinger et al., 1971; Zeng et al., 2011).”
• The relationship between trait emotional intelligence and creativity across subject domains (2011, background): “DT is generally considered to be a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for creativity, mainly because creativity requires not only novel ideas, but also convergent and evaluative processes to achieve usefulness (Clapham 2001; Runco 2008).”
• Scoring divergent thinking tests: A review and systematic framework. (2019, background): “Despite the frequent use of tests designed to measure DT in creativity research, they should not be conceived as measures of creativity per se (e.g., Guilford, 1966; Runco, 2008).”