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Scientific creativity as constrained stochastic behavior: The integration of product, person, and process perspectives.
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Psychologists have primarily investigated scientific creativity from 2 contrasting in vitro perspectives: correlational studies of the creative person and experimental studies of the creative process. Here the same phenomenon is scrutinized using a 3rd, in vivo perspective, namely, the actual creative products that emerge from individual scientific careers and communities of creative scientists. This behavioral analysis supports the inference that scientific creativity constitutes a form of constrained stochastic behavior. That is, it can be accurately modeled as a quasi-random combinatorial process. Key findings from both correlational and experimental research traditions corroborate this conclusion. The author closes the article by arguing that all 3 perspectives--regarding the product, person, and process--must be integrated into a unified view of scientific creativity.
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- Authors
- Simonton, D. K.
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 2003-07
- Volume
- 129
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 475-494
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W2118554553
- Cited by
- 722
- References
- 225
- FWCI
- 19.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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