This document discusses the identification and traits of creative individuals according to research. Some key traits identified include being energetic yet also enjoying rest, having a need for originality and flexibility in thinking, being willing to take risks, having broad curiosity, being both humble and proud of their work, always focusing on future challenges rather than past accomplishments, and being very passionate yet also objective about their work. The document provides references from several studies and researchers on creativity.

1. WELCOME CLASS,
THIS IS GROUP
NUMBER 2
PRESENTATION FROM
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2. QUESTION
Creative and critical thinking
depends on an individual learner
and his or her attitude. Discuss
the mode of identification of
creative individual according to
your own understanding.

3. Introduction
A creative individual is a person whose
creative works show sensitivity and
imagination. Creative individuals are
remarkable for their ability to adapt to
almost any situation and to make
whatever is at hand to reach their goals.
Creativity is a central source of meaning
in our lives. Most of the things that are
interesting, important, and human are the
result of creativity.

4. “What makes us different from apes
that is our language, values, artistic
expression, scientific understanding,
and technology is the result of
individual originality that was
recognized, rewarded, and
transmitted through learning” (
Mihaly, 1996). Creative thinking and
critical thinking are complementary
and equally important.

5. They need to work together in harmony to
address perceived opportunities and challenges
or concerns. As creative thinking involves
searching for meaningful new connections by
generating many original and varied possibilities.
On the other hand critical thinking involves
examining the possibilities carefully, fairly and
constructively and focusing on the prioritized
options. Effective problem solvers must think
both creatively and critically, generating options
and focusing their thinking. In order to identify
creative individuals, the following traits are
considered.

6. Creative individuals tend to be
energetic yet also quite sedentary.
Creative individuals have a lot of
energy or a huge appetite for their
work and maximum concentration
and focus when working on a
project. Yet they also greatly enjoy
leisure rest and relaxing ways to
recharge their minds. (Cropley,
2001).

7. Need for originality. They resist rules and
conventions having a rebellion attitude
because of a need to do things no one else
can do. Creative individuals are imaginative,
their imaginations take them to places at
which first seems very strange or unusual or
bizarre to others, which create newness that
sooner or later other individual recognize as
being true. According to Walker, (2009),
“creative individuals with original ideas must
be nurtured, for they enable us to adapt
intelligently to changing conditions.”

8. Flexibility. Creative individuals have the ability to see
different aspects of issues and come up with optimal
solutions. Flexibility is a bit like fluency in that we are
working with ideas, but while fluency is about generating
as many ideas as possible, flexibility is about generating
ideas that are different from each other. Thinking flexibly
is a valuable skill because it allows you to get out of
thinking rut in order to come up with a new idea. For
example, if you were generating a list of different uses of
water, washing dishes, washing clothes, brushing teeth,
would all fall into one category, while generating hydro
power would fall into a different one.

9. Are willing to take risks, are often people
who are described as “high risk takers, or
adventurous, or speculative.” Most creative
people are fearless as they tend to
accomplish their needs.
Creative people display a great deal of
curiosity about many things; are constantly
asking questions about anything and
everything; may have broad interests in
many unrelated areas. May devise collections
based on unusual things and interests.

10. Creative people are humble and proud at
the same time. It is remarkable to meet a
famous person who you expect to be
arrogant, only to encounter self deprecation
and shyness instead. Yet there are good
reasons why this should be so. These
individuals are well aware that they stand, in
Newton’s words, “on the shoulders of
giants”. Their respect for the area in which
their work makes them aware of the long
line of previous contributions to it, putting
their own perspective.

11. They are always focused on future
projects and current challenges than
past accomplishments, no matter how
outstanding, are no longer very
interesting to them. At the same time,
they know that in comparison with
others, they accomplished a great deal.
And this knowledge provides a sense of
security, even pride (Mihaly, 1996).

12. Creative people are very passionate
about their work, yet they can be
extremely objective about it as well.
Without the passion, we soon lose
interest in a difficult task. Yet without
being objective about it, our work is not
very good and lacks credibility. Creative
people have the spirit of tolerating and
they are full motivated with ambitions

13. Finally, although some of these traits
sound positive (motivation) or neutral
(associative orientation), others are
noticed less appearing. Creative people
are not always equally practical and
performance oriented. They differ from
one another exhibiting different
characteristics.

14. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cropley, A. J. (2001). Creativity in education
and learning: A guide for teachers and
Educators. London: Kogan page publisher.
Mihaly, C. (1996). Creativity: the work and lives
of 91 eminent people. Nairobi:
hypercollins.
Walker, D.F. & Soltis, J.F. (2009). Curriculum and
aims. Newyork: teachers college press,
1234 Amsterdam Avenue.

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