ABSTRACT

In this article, the notion of potential as discussed within creativity research is examined. It is noted that there are multiple, sometimes competing, understandings of potential within the literature with the biggest gaps existing between individual perspectives, on the one hand, and sociocultural perspectives on the other. Affirming that a comprehensive understanding of potential needs to consider what individual, social, and material perspectives have to offer and, above all, pay attention to both person and context, the focus is turned toward the dynamic definition of creativity in order to construct a multi-fold classification of creative potential. Fifteen types of potential are abstracted and offered as an open framework for a more complex discussion and understanding of this key topic in creativity research. These include the potential of an Individual/Person/Actor (mini-c potential, little-c potential, Pro-c potential, Big-C potential, embedded individual potential), of a Process/Action (systemic process potential, embedded process potential, universal process potential), of a Product/Artifact (instantaneous potential, experiential potential, condensation potential, cultural evolution potential), and of the Press/Audience/Affordance (sociocultural context potential, action potential, virtual world potential). A summary of these is offered in the conclusion.

摘要

在本文中，将研究创造力研究中讨论的潜力概念。应当指出，文学中对潜力有多种理解，有时甚至是相互竞争的理解，一方面是个人观点之间的差距最大，另一方面是社会文化观点之间的差距最大。申明对潜在潜力的全面理解需要考虑个人，社会和物质观点所要提供的内容，并且首先要同时关注人和背景，因此焦点将转向动态定义创造力，以构建多元创造潜能的多层次分类。抽取了15种类型的潜力，并将其作为一个开放的框架，供您对创造力研究中的关键主题进行更复杂的讨论和理解。这些包括个人/人员/演员的潜能（微型潜能，小潜能，职业潜能，大潜能，嵌入的个体潜能），过程/动作的潜能（系统过程潜能，嵌入过程潜能） ，普遍过程潜力），产品/人工制品（瞬时潜力，体验潜力，凝聚潜力，文化发展潜力）以及新闻/受众/富裕度（社会文化背景潜力，行动潜力，虚拟世界潜力）。结论中总结了这些内容。体验潜能，凝聚潜能，文化进化潜能）和新闻/受众/富裕度（社会文化背景潜能，行动潜能，虚拟世界潜能）。结论中总结了这些内容。体验潜能，凝聚潜能，文化进化潜能）和新闻/受众/富裕度（社会文化背景潜能，行动潜能，虚拟世界潜能）。结论中总结了这些内容。