Imagination enables people to go beyond actual experience and construct alternative possibilities in which a
fragmented situation becomes a meaningful whole (Passmore, 1985). Finke (1990) claimed that individuals have
the potential to make creative discoveries through their imagery. It is possible to demonstrate this experimentally
for many types of creative discoveries. Reichling (1990) added that most of imagination is emotive content, with
a meaning which is apprehended intuitively. Therefore, imagination can be viewed as the basis for cultivating
creative thinking, and thus the driving force of innovation (Finke, 1996).
Vygotsky (2004) indicated that imagination is a function essential to human life as there are four ways that
connect imagination with reality. First, imagination is derived from a person’s experiences which, in turn, are
based on reality. Second, the final product of an individual’s imagination has a complex association with real
phenomenon. The third type of association between the functioning of imagination and reality is related to
emotion. Every emotion corresponds to specific images, and possesses a capacity to trigger impressions and
thoughts at a particular moment. Finally, imagination that has been externally embodied into a tangible form