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What makes creativity possible? Here, I posit that to make creativity possible, people must believe that a set of skills usually described under the umbrella of creativity is changeable and open to growth. Yet, many individuals tend to believe that creativity requires exceptional talent and that this talent is inborn and fixed. I discuss the concept of creative mindsets: subsets of implicit theories of creativity that refer to perceived creative potential sources. Creative mindsets’ structure, nature, and antecedents are overviewed, and future research areas are proposed. It is concluded that mindsets form a particular case of impossible-versus-possible and impossible-and-possible distinctions, as they specifically refer to a possibility and impossibility to change, learn, and develop creativity.
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Karwowski, M. (2022). Creative Mindsets. In: Glăveanu, V.P. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90913-0_58
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