I found Interwebs! After a 2 mile trek around, through, over, and under this lovely Seattle-turned-Narnia winter world. Only a couple of hours late, but I can finally post the rest of my research and my sketches.
Definitions are a good place to start.
cre·a·tiv·i·ty
[kree-ey-tiv-i-tee, kree-uh-]noun
1.
the state or quality of being creative.
2.
the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns,relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful newideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality,progressiveness, or imagination: the need for creativity inmodern industry; creativity in the performing arts.
3.
Show IPA
| extrovert or extravert (ˈɛkstrəˌvɜːt) | |
| — n | |
| 1. | a person concerned more with external reality than innerfeelings |
| — adj | |
| 2. | of or characterized by extroversion: extrovert tendencies |
in·tro·vert
[n., adj. in-truh-vurt; v. in-truh-vurt]Show IPAnoun
1.
a shy person.
2.
Psychology . a person characterized by concern primarilywith his or her own thoughts and feelings ( opposed to extrovert).
Before proceeding...I must take slight issue with Dictionary.com's definition of introvert. Introversion is equitable to shyness, they may frequently be associate but are not the same thing, which Susan Cain noted on her blog:
"Shyness and introversion are not the same thing. Shyness is the fear of negative judgement, and introversion is a preference for quiet, minimally stimulating environments."
The rest of my research (outside of the blogs in the previous post) looked at the psychologists Cain referenced, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Gregory Feist. From what I read, both their research and Cain's perspective explore how we understand the relationship between personality and creativity.
In this particular article, The Rise of the New Groupthink, Cain is more specifically arguing a point about the relationship between personality and productive creativity in the 21st century, American workplace.
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