Does IQ Affect Creativity?

IQ has always been and still is attractive to people. Most people are looking to know how much their IQ is. So this topic has always been fascinating. Another interesting topic that people are interested in is creativity. Most people believe that IQ and creativity are related. But is this true?

Smart people with a high IQ are generally curious, positive thinking, and adaptable to situations, and creative people are sensitive, dreamy, and good-natured.

Now, let's see if these two issues are related or do they have an effect on each other.

We will discuss this exciting topic in this blog, so read to the end.

Similarities and Differences Between IQ and Creativity

Let's check some similarities and differences to understand better whether intelligence and creativity affect each other. In this section, we have prepared the most important ones for you:

Similarities:

• Both intelligence and creativity are the ability to analyze different information

• Intelligence and creativity can find basic solutions for individual issues

• Both of them can understand the surrounding issues and find “new” solutions

• They are the ability to think of solutions to different problems and use them again if needed
  

Differences:

• Creativity itself is a type of intelligence, but intelligence itself is knowledge and how to apply it

• Creativity means the ability to understand and create a new topic and concept, while intelligence is the ability to use knowledge correctly

• Intelligence is the ability to gather accurate information and use it properly, while creativity means going beyond your own frame of mind and exploring new topics.

Is an Intelligent Person Also Creative?

One of the most frequent questions is exactly whether a smart person is necessarily creative or not. Answering this question is not easy, but by examining some cases, the answer to this issue can be reached to some extent.

Some studies have shown that creative people are also intelligent. They have high IQs, while intelligent people with high IQs are not necessarily creative people.

The fact that creative people have high intelligence is undeniable, which can be concluded from the fact that creativity has a higher place than being smart or having a higher-than-average IQ.

Moreover, we can understand that people with above-average IQ can use their innate intelligence in the right way and in the right situation, but they are not necessarily creative people and cannot create new concepts.

In other words, it can be said that IQ and creativity complement each other, but a smart person is not necessarily creative, and it is not entirely correct to say that a creative person is also intelligent.

Do They Affect Each Other?

After everything I checked, we came to the issue of whether IQ and creativity affect each other. That is, can a person with a high IQ be creative? Or does a person who is creative and innovative have an above-average IQ?

The best answer that can be given to all these questions is that IQ and creativity may not be exactly the same at first glance, or they may not have a direct effect on each other, or even they are two different things, but they complement each other in a way.

They have an overlapping relationship.

It means that a person with high intelligence is usually not creative, and a creative person is definitely not very intelligent. But these two undoubtedly have an effect on each other and complement each other.

Final Thoughts

As mentioned in the previous sections, IQ and creativity are related, but the existence of only one of them in a person does not necessarily confirm the existence of another one. In other words, none of them have a 100% effect on the other.

The best conclusion is to know that these two cases overlap with each other.