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psychoanalytic theories of creativity  

Definition

  • Psychoanalysis proposes two interrelated but distinctly different types of thinking. Sigmund Freud labeled these processes of thinking as primary and secondary to indicate chronological priority in that primary processes are assumed to be available at birth and secondary process occurs later as speech is developed. [Source: Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent; Psychoanalytic Theories of Creativity]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-W1JHG43H-D

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