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Creativity
Creativity is a talent to generate work that is exclusive and unique, but still proper and 
useful (Woolfolk, 2008), in addition, creativity consist personal factors, cognition and behavior 
functioning aspects (Marrapodi, 2003). Creativity has two main parts: personal characteristic and 
creative thinking process. Traits or character attribute towards one’s creativity. The traits or 
personality includes imagination, openness, flexibility, confidence about own ideas ,curiosity, 
objectivity, fluency, sensitiveness to sensory stimulus, sense of humor, intellectual playfulness, 
willing to accept new ideas, indifference towards conformity, synthesizing skills and able to 
work for intensively longer period of time (Davis, 2004). 
On top of that, personal creativity should be fulfilled with three other significant 
characteristics; domain-relevant skills, creative-relevant processes and intrinsic task motivation 
(Woolfolk, 2008). Firstly, domain-relevant skills are related to skills and talent that are precious 
for an individual to do the task. Secondly, creative-relevant processes are depended to the 
relevant working habit and personality characteristics that are necessary for an individual to 
perform in creative way. Thirdly, intrinsic task motivation is directed to fascination, curiosity in 
deep way as well as passion a person has towards a particular task.
 
Creativity is also regarded as a process. In this regard, researchers also work on the 
thinking processes that occur when individuals work on creative idea. One of the most common 
views about creative thinking process is Wallach’s creative thinking stages (Torrance, 1968; 
Wallach & Kogan, 1966). 

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Multi Disciplinary Edu Global Quest (Quarterly), Volume4, Issue2#14, April 2015 
www.mdegq.com 
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ISSN 2250 - 3048 
There are four stages in creative thinking process according to Woolfolk (2008); these 
stages are preparation, incubation, illumination and verification. Torrance proposed the criteria to 
assess creativity thinking; processes, these including originality, elaboration, fluency and 
flexibility (Marrapodi, 2003).