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blind variation and selective retention: a standalone construct

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blind variation andselective retention1 CONSTRUCTBlind variation andCAMPBELL · CREATIVITY RESEARCH

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Creativity research

the proposal that creative thought works like evolution, generating ideas without foresight of their success and keeping those that turn out to fit.

In creativity research, blind variation and selective retention refers to the proposal that creative thought works like evolution, generating ideas without foresight of their success and keeping those that turn out to fit. This meaning comes from Campbell (1960) in Psychological Review.[1]

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  1. Campbell, D. T. (1960). Blind variation and selective retentions in creative thought as in other knowledge processes. Psychological Review, 67(6), 380-400. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0040373

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