Social Cognitive Theory, first mentioned in Edwin Bolt and Chapman Brown's book, assumes that creativity is one of the basic human needs. Creativity contributes to increasing happiness and getting rid of stress and negative feelings. Just engaging in creative work reduces stress and depression, even if this activity is as simple as coloring pages.Â
In a study conducted by researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand, they found that coloring for 10 minutes a day reduces stress in adults. Creative practices can also take the form of music, art, and other activities that we always turn to, to help with anxiety or out of boredom.
Since the creation of simple stone tools at the beginning of the Stone Age to the present day, humans find themselves in need of creative thinking to invent and innovate. Creativity helps us solve problems, and through creativity, the documentation problem was solved by using a written language for the first time in human history, and other inventions came to life, without which our lives would not be this easy. and by extension you wouldn’t have been able to read this article.