TY - JOUR AU - FIRESTIEN, ROGER L. AB - 9 Volume J 7 Number J of Ptrst Quarter Theoretical Perspectives on Creative learning and Its Facilitation: An Overview spite the broad or inclusive nature of many of the theories. for example, in 1972 Gowan classified the theories into five groups: 1) Cognitive, rational, and semantic; 2) Personality and environmental factors; 3) Mental health and psychological adjustment; 4) Psychoanalytic and neopsychoanalytic; and 5) Psychedelic. Although Gowan's inclusion of the Psychedelic group was unique, each of the other reviewers mentioned above employed simitar groupings. We have generally followed Gowan's classification system. COGNITIVE. The first group of theories to be considered views of creativity RATIONAL. AND as rational, set largely in the cognitive domain, with an emphaSEMANTIC APPROACHES sis on semantic or verbal concepts or associations. Although there is usually considerable interest in defining phases or stages of the creative process in this group, most of these theories also stress the products of creative thinking and problem solving. Early 20th Century theories were largely concerned with identifying steps or stages in creative process, such as those proposed by Wallas in 1926: preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification. Subsequent developments have stressed more complex psychological considerations. Within the Cognitive, Rational, Semantic theories, TI - Theoretical Perspectives on Creative Learning and Its Facilitation: An Overview * JF - The Journal of Creative Behavior DO - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.1983.tb00970.x DA - 1983-03-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/theoretical-perspectives-on-creative-learning-and-its-facilitation-an-mIdwEmg0NU SP - 9 VL - 17 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -