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It was proposed in Chapter 2 that the ability to generate alternative means to a valued end and to assimilate diversity and contradicting events without loss or abandonment of the goal are important aspects of the generic dimensions of flexibility and adaptability. Such abilities are doubtlessly related highly also to the capacity for creative behavior.
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Harvey, O.J. (1966). System Structure, Flexibility and Creativity. In: Harvey, O.J. (eds) Experience Structure & Adaptability. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40230-6_4
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