'''The Creative Process'''

''MrAristotle''

	* Metaphysics

''Joseph Wallas (1926)''

	* Preparation
	* Incubation
	* Illumination
	* Verification

''Joseph Rossman (1931)''

	* Observation of a need or difficulty
	* Analysis of a need
	* A survey of all available information
	* A formulation of all objective solutions
	* A critical analysis of these solutions
	* The birth of the new idea - the invention
	* Experimentation to test out the most promising solution

''Osborn (1953)''

	* Orientation: pointing up the problem
	* Preparation: gathering pertinent data
	* Analysis: breaking down the relevant material
	* Ideation: piling up alternative by way of ideas
	* Incubation: "letting up" - to invite illumination
	* Synthesis: putting the pieces together
	* Evaluation: judging the resulting ideas

''Taylor (1959)''

Wallas's four stages + five levels:

	* Expressive creativity
	* Productive creativity
	* Inventive creativity
	* Innovative creativity
	* Emergent creativity

''Morris Stein (1967, 1974)''

Three stages:

	* Hypothesis formulation
	* Hypothesis testing
	* Communication of results

''Guilford (1950, 1957, 1959)''

	* Divergent Thinking

''Koestler (1964)''

	* Bisociation

Sources: Arieti (1976)
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