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Mental processes that are original, flexible, and imaginative, often producing unusual and novel approaches to problems. Often thought of as the province of the arts, where creativity is essential, creative thinking is also important and valued in many other areas of work, such as science and technology. Though creative thinking is hard to define, children who have it are often deemed gifted.<\/p>\n

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Mental processes that are original, flexible, and imaginative, often producing unusual and novel approaches to problems. Often thought of as the province of the arts, where creativity is essential, creative thinking is also important and valued in many other areas of work, such as science and technology. Though creative thinking is hard to define, children […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c"],"yoast_head":"\nCreative thinking - Definition of Creative thinking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mental processes that are original, flexible, and imaginative, often producing unusual and novel approaches to problems. 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