Perspectives in Creativity

Irving Taylor (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2007
AldineTransaction (Verlag)
978-0-202-36179-6 (ISBN)

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In Perspectives in Creativity experts in the psychology of creativity take stock of the field by examining their own experiences. The contributors relate how they embarked on their work, how their ideas developed, what in their thinking remained the same, what had changed, and how they evaluate their successes and failures.

The introductory chapter provides a historical context for subsequent contributions. J. P. Guilford then describes the development of the field of creativity from the perspective of the Structure of Intellect model. Donald W. MacKinnon describes his work at the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research. J. W. Getzels and Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi recount in the following chapter how, though starting with a conception of creativity as a problem-solving process, they were driven through their work with artists to a conception of creativity as also a problem-finding process. In the fifth chapter, Frank M. Andrews describes his investigations of the social and psychological factors in scientific laboratories.

Frank Barron examines the problem of creativity and alienation. Anne Roe analyzes the sources and development of paintings as reported by twenty artists. In the following chapter, Salvatore Maddi examines the widely held belief that social integration and a permissive environment are conducive to creative endeavor. In chapter 9, Calvin Taylor and Richard Ellison describe the development of the Utah program of assessment and intervention with regard to the creativity of children in the classroom. Next, Sidney Parnes discusses his work on "brainstorming" and its emphasis on a balance between imagination and judgment, freedom, and discipline. George Prince tells of the development of "synectics" since its early formulation and recounts its application to creative production in industry. E. Paul Torrance then examines recent creativity in the schools and describes his own efforts in devising diagnostic tests and educational methods.

The varying perspectives of the contributors all point to a field of inquiry that is alive and well and still in a dynamic state open to conceptual and methodological transformation.

Irving A. Taylor has served as Director of the Creativity Program, Center for Creative Leadership and is currently Professor of Psychology at Lakehead University. Jacob W. Getzels is currently R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Education and of Behavioral Sciences, The University of Chicago.

1: A Retrospective View of Creativity Investigation; 2: Creativity; 3: IPAR’s Contribution to the Conceptualization and Study of Creativity; 4: From Problem Solving to Problem Finding; 5: Social and Psychological Factors which Influence the Creative Process; 6: The Solitariness of Self and Its Mitigation Through Creative Imagination; 7: Painters and Painting; 8: The Strenuousness of the Creative Life; 9: Moving Toward Working Models in Creativity; 10: AHA!; 11: Creativity, Self, and Power; 12: Creativity Research in Education; 13: An Emerging View of Creative Actions; 14: Creativity

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.12.2007
Verlagsort	Somerset
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	566 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
ISBN-10	0-202-36179-9 / 0202361799
ISBN-13	978-0-202-36179-6 / 9780202361796
Zustand	Neuware