Donald Campbell's model of the creative process: Creativity as blind variation and selective retention

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-158

  Simonton, Dean Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032357306     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.1998.tb00812.x     Document Type: Article

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