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Hobbes
Hobbes, first major figure to recognize importance of imagination and how constructive it could be -
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History of Creativity
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Adam Smith
Weath of Nations - recognize need for a science of human behavior -
Malthus
Essay on Population - empirical research on social science -
Charles Darwin
Origin of Species - adaptation in survival -
Galton
Study of individual differences -
Jevons
defined genius as essentially creative -
Terman
Early American Psychologist to take a research interest in genius -
Guilford
Divergent and convergent thinking
