In: Psychology
Creativity and intelligence both are part of human cognitive development, creativity is considered as an ability of divergent thinking while intelligence does support convergent thinking, problem-solving, adaption and abstract thinking.
A creative person see things and relations in a whole new dimension, the term creativity or creative process has been defined in many ways. It is a unique and novel personal experience, and on the basis of the experiences and finding of the various scholars, may be said to process the following characteristics.
A creative person runs their mind every time to find something unique, new and adventurous, his life perspective shows a positive attitude and curiosity. The level of creativity does not requires a high level of IQ or logical and deep thinking.
The true nature of intelligence can be understood by first defining it to understand its meaning, discussing the various theories explaining its structure in terms of the several constituents and factors, and identifying the numerous other aspects and characteristics related to intelligence and it’s functioning.
We have a lot of theories defined intelligence as a capacity of and individual consciously to adjust his thinking to new requirements. It is the general mental adaptability to new problems and conditions of life, (Stern, 1914).
In my opinion, both intelligence and creativity are interrelated and represents the process of cognitive development. All creative processes can not be defined as the part of intelligence because the area of divergent thinking is not limited to a limited function of the brain.