Question

A Creative Life: Is it all about curiosity?

Some psychologists claim that creativity peaks in early adulthood. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyl is a psychologist who offers strategies for increasing creativity in one's life. He claims that creative people regularly experience a state he calls flow, which is a heightened state of pleasure experienced when they engage in challenging tasks that absorb their interest. Csikszentmihalyl claims that the first step in achieving a more creative life is through curiosity and interest.

Do you agree with Csikszentmihalyl that curiosity and interest can lead to a more creative life?

Do you think heredity plays any role in creativity? Why or why not?

What other factors may lead to heightened creativity in early adulthood? Support your reasoning with information from the text and other course materials.

Answer 1

Yes,i do agree that curiosity and interest take us to a step ahead in life and allow us to challenge ourselves at each step in life. We try to explore the domain that is not covered yet and there is so much to learn from the things around. We also tend to see how things can progress in an effective manner and just chase our dreams. I totally agree that heredity does have some impact on enticing one's interest in some field of study and this is a very great thing to do. We get aligned to that field sometimes biologically and that may be called our innate or talents from birth. The amount of exposure, help and assistance which children receive from the parents, teachers and friends does have an impact on this to a level that we may never be certain about it.