The first portion of Shannon's analysis of creativity, the creative person, reflects closely with past creativity research. However, IQ has been shown to barely

The first portion of Shannon's analysis of creativity, the creative person, reflects closely with past creativity research. However, IQ has been shown to barely correlate with creativity in most cases. Amabile has commentary on this topic in her seminal article, "The Social Psychology of Creativity". She argued that there are three components of creativity. Two are shared by Shannon, namely, task motivation and domain relevant knowledge (knowledge acquired in any field over time). The third, and focus of this article is creative ability. Coincidentally, the researcher E Paul Torrance created the oldest and most valid way to measure this called the Torrance Tests for Creative Thinking. Regarding the second portion of Shannon's article, ways of generating creative productions, there are many creativity techniques developed by Osborn, de Bono, and others. Shannon's particular tips are reminiscent of a divergent thinking tool called SCAMPER, an acronym that gives guidelines on how to look at any idea or challenge differently. The letters stand for, respectively, Substitute, Combine, Add to, Modify, Put to other uses, Eliminate, or Reverse.