PSYC37H3 Chapter 9: Chapter 9(B).docx
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With a few exceptions, clinical psychology since world war ii has focused on what is wrong with people and how to alleviate or diminish a host of symptoms and syndromes. In recent years, a movement known as positive psychopathology has emerged to redress this imbalance. A simple definition of positive psychology is the scientific and practical pursuit of optimal human functioning. In field of creativity there are no acknowledged gold standards for assessment. In part, this is because of the criterion problem- the difficulty in defining creativity. Creativity arises when the thinker grasps the essential features of a problem and their relation to a find a solution- the so-called aha phenomenon. It is theorized that such insights often occur after a period of incubation wherein the unconscious mind rearranges the features of the puzzle even while the conscious mind takes time-off from the problem. Mednick proposed that creativity is the capacity to combine remote associations; the remote.