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| | Creativity Factsheet |
 | | Perhaps creativity is, as Daniel Boorstin (1992) suggests, "the most illusive, complex, and mysterious of all human processes." In all, we can conclude that creativity is a complex concept influenced by many factors including motivation, personality, circumstance, and thinking skills (Meador, 1997). |
 | | Research has shown that the cultivation of creativity is a key component of programs and strategies to produce positive outcomes for youth. |
 | | Creative thinking allows both young people and adults to âavoid boredom, resolve personal conflict, cope with increasing consumer choice, accept complexity and ambiguity, make independent judgments, use leisure time constructively, and adjust to the rapid development of new knowledgeâ (Strom, 2000, p. |
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