Analysis of Creativity Based on Individual Beliefs: A Study with Architects Pursuing Teaching Careers

Do we remain safe with established dogmas or do we face risks in search of new opportunities? In science, innovation involves risks in taking on a new perspective. It is in this mode that scientists seek to break with imposed certainties in order to share their unique understanding of a given phenomenon. For creative action to occur, many features are discussed as predictors of creativity, such as: cognitive, conative, affective, and environmental factors. This chapter investigates the importance of beliefs among the predictors for creativity in science, qualitatively drawing on an empirical study. For data collection, two semi-structured interviews were used to demonstrate that beliefs go hand in hand with rational procedures in the creative process which generates scientific discovery.