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What is creativity? What is intelligence? And how do conceptions of them vary across cultures? This chapter considers cultural implications of the nature of creativity and intelligence and focuses particularly on the things parents and teachers can do to develop creativity in all cultural settings.
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Sternberg, R.J. (2016). Creativity, Intelligence, and Culture. In: Glăveanu, V. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Creativity and Culture Research. Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46344-9_5
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