Wallas' Process of Creative Thought

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Wallas' Process of Creative Thought

Graham Wallas' model of thought contains four stages for creative thinking:

Graham Wallas
  • Preparation: An assessment of the desired, creative application in the appropriate field of study
  • Incubation: Disengagement from the creative process; Wallas encouraged detachment from the creative objective as a means of stimulating thought
  • Illumination: Discovery; Illumination is characterized as being a sudden, epiphany-like affirmation; "Eureka!"
  • Verification: The successful application of an "illumination" by the creative thinker

Brooke Birrenkott 15:00, 2 May 2006 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Christopher I. Gonzalez 11:39, 4 May 2006 (Pacific Daylight Time).

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