Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby something new is created which has some kind of subjective value (such as an idea, a joke, a literary work, a painting or musical composition, a solution, an invention etc.). It is also the qualitative impetus behind any given act of creation, and it is generally perceived to be associated with intelligence and cognition. Creativity can also be defined "as the process of producing something that is both original and worthwhile" or "characterized by originality and expressiveness and imaginative.
Creativity of ones suggestion could be rated in this way, fluency; this is defined as the total number of suggestion you are able to make. Flexibility; this is the number of times you shift from one class of possible uses to another. Originality; this refers to how novel or unusual your suggestion are. By totaling the number of times you show fluency, flexibility and originality, we could rate the creativity of your thinking in solving problems.
STAGES OF CREATIVE THOUGHT
1. Orientation; this is the first step in which the problem is defined, and important dimension of the problem is identified.
2. Preparation stage; this is the second step in which creative thinkers get accurate information for themselves pertaining to the problem as possible.
3. Incubation stage; Incubation is a temporary break from creative problem solving that can result in insight. Most major problems produce a period during which all attempted solution would have proved futile. At this point problem solving may proceed on a sub conscious level while the problem seem to have been left aside it still cooking in the background.
4. Illumination; the stage of incubation is often ended by a rapid insight or series of insight. This produces the Aha experience, often depicted in cartoons as light bulb appearing over the thinker’s head.
5. Verification; this is the final step which involve critical evaluation of the solution obtain during