Nechayev. [Modeling and Creativity: Methodological Aspects of the Psychological Study of Design Activity]

Abstract:
The author notes that the project model can be described as a leading means of transforming reality. Psychological analysis of professional activity consists in the ability to restructure and transform the methods of project development. Creative activity as a psychological new formation can be related to the study of two directions. The first is that a person adapts to the conditions of the task he/she needs to solve. The second is that a person grasps such regularities connected with the possibility to create new projects, which he uses further in his professional activity. Separately, it is noted that the introduction of CAD can be associated with two types of consequences — the transformation of the architect into an operator and the possibility of creating new projects that can be associated with a truly creative process.