Definition of Creativity is

In the discussion of an issue, before we arrive at a more detailed discussion of these issues, we first need to express limitations on the issues that we discussed that we have the same perception about understanding the issues to be discussed.

The concept of creativity, including the concept of a broad and complex that it is difficult to formulate precisely what is meant by the creativity, the following definitions presented creativity of experts or researchers who have discussed the issue.

EXPERT OPINION THE OVERSEAS
Freedam (1982) suggests creativity as the ability to understand the world, to interpret the experience and solve problems with a new and original way. While Woolfook (1984) provide restrictions that creativity is the ability of an individual to produce something (result) are new or original, or solving a problem. Guilford (1976) suggested creativity are ways divergent thinking, productive thinking, inventive thinking heuristics and lateral thinking.

Different from the opinion cited by Munandar Rhodes (1987) who argued creativity as the ability of the 4 P's, namely person, process, press, and product. According to Rhodes, creativity should be reviewed in terms of personal (person) creative, creative process, creative driving creativity and results.

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OPINION OF THE EXPERT INDONESIA
Experts Indonesian nation of which also suggests the limits of creativity, among others:
Cony Semiawan (1987) provides limits of creativity as the ability to generate or create a new product. SCUtami Munandar (in Alisyahbana, 1983) suggests creativity as the ability to transform and enrich their world with discoveries in the field of science and technology, art mapun discoveries in other fields.

While Sumarjan Selo (1983) argued that creativity is the ability to be effective in creating something new, different in shape, arrangement, style, without or with changing the principal function of something that made it. Daldjoeni (1977) provide an understanding of creativity is not just the ability to be critical of yourself, but also the ability to create something new in this case the relationship between himself and the environment, both in terms of material, social and psychological.

CONCLUSION
Based on a variety of opinions about the definition of creativity, it can be concluded that creativity is the ability to create or produce something new and original, previously unknown or solve new problems encountered. Is the creativity that shows something new? Some experts argue that creativity should not be entirely new, but also as an existing joint combined something new.

CRITERIA FOR CREATIVITY
Based on the opinion of psychologists, (Danny and Davis, 1982) suggests a number of different aspects included in the criteria of creativity, namely:

     Sensitivity to problems, meaning creativity seen from sensitivity to problems that arise.
     Originality, which means solving the problem in a new way, not imitate other problem solving.
     Ingenuity, meaning their ingenuity in solving problems.
     Breadth, meaning that accuracy in solving the problem.
     Recognity by peers, meaning that there is recognition of the group about his discovery.

One thing that is important in creativity is the ability to think the spread (divergent thinking) as opposed to thinking that blends (convergent thinking). In the intellectual structure that plays a very important role. In convergent thinking is no right answer and the right, are on divergent thinking is detailed by producing various assortment of extensive alternative solutions, each of which is a reasonable possibility. The thinkers who spread not bound expectations, do not want the right answer, but requires thinking spontaneous and free, like the dreamy and free association, which produces a variety of problem-solving or discovery. Free association used in problem solving in groups called brainstorming.