什么是创造能力?心理学家告诉我们,创造能力,简言之,就是一种在人的心理活动的最高水平上实现的综合能力。这里包含两个要点:其一,创造能力的本质是一种思维能力,它以创造性思维能力为其“合理内核”和主要特征。其二,创造性思维又并非一种单一的思维形式,它是多种思维形式协调活动的结果。这多种思维形式中,最主要的是两种思维形式;一种是求异思维(又称 What is creativity? Psychologists tell us that creativity, in a nutshell, is a comprehensive ability that is achieved at the highest level of a person’s mental activity. There are two main points here: First, the essence of creative ability is a kind of thinking ability. It uses creative thinking ability as its “rational core” and its main features. Second, creative thinking is not a single form of thinking; it is the result of coordinated activities of multiple forms of thinking. Among the many forms of thinking, the two most important are the two forms of thinking; one is differentiating thinking (also known as