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Creativity Flashcards

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What is creativity?

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The mental and social process involving the discovery of new ideas or concepts. This is fuelled by insight

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What is genius?

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The manifestation of innate original abilities in individuals

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What did Karlsson (1978) find?

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> Estimates psychosis in genius 30%

> Average lifetime risk 5%

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What did Claridge (1998) find?

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Psychosis and creativity are indirectly related

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What did Karlsson (1984) find?

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Genes responsible for a predisposition to schizophrenia also code for creativity

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What did Heston (1966) find?

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Children of schizophrenic mothers more likely to develop schizophrenia, greater artistic and musical creativity

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What did Andreasen (1987) find?

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> Longitudinal (15y)
Writers
Families of writers were riddled with both creativity and mental illness

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What did Jamison (1989) find?

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> Writers
38% treated for a mood disorder
33% history of severe mood swings
25% report extended elated mood states

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