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Imagination and association are the basic psychological abilities of people. Regarding imagination, people have always recognized its creative characteristics. Chao Wen said: "When people reflect objective things,... they create new images in their minds... This special psychological ability is called imagination." ("Introduction to Aesthetics", People's Publishing House, 1981 edition, p. Page 103) When it comes to association, it seems to have nothing to do with creativity. In the definition of association, it is not clear whether there is creativity. Some researchers have also pointed out that association is the "lower stage" of imagination (Xiao Junhe: "On Thinking", Times Literature and Art Publishing House, 1989 edition, p. 213), but their creative characteristics have not been studied in depth. It can be seen that the question of whether association is creative has always been an unsolved problem in art psychology

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