Explaining Creativity The Science of Human Innovation

Name: Explaining Creativity The Science of Human Innovation
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ISBN: 9780195304459

ISBN-10: 0195304454

ISBN-13: 9780195304459

Edition: 2006

Authors: R. Keith Sawyer

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Explaining Creativity is an accessible introduction to the latest scientific research on creativity. In the last 50 years, psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists have increasingly studied creativity, and we now know more about creativity than at any point in history. Explaining Creativity considers not only arts like painting and writing, but also science, stage performance, and business innovation. Until about a decade ago, creativity researchers tendedto focus on highly valued activities like fine art painting and Nobel prize winning science. Sawyer brings this research up to date by including movies, music videos, cartoons, video games, hypertext fiction, and computer…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/19/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Conceptions



Introduction



Conceptions of Creativity



Defining Creativity



Individualist Approaches



Personality Psychology



The Second Wave: Cognitive Psychology



Biology



Computational Approaches



From Individual to Context



Contextualist Approaches



Sociology



Culture



History



Applying Individualist and Contextualist Approaches to Creativity



Artistic Creativity



Visual Creativity



Writing



Music



Acting



Goodbye to Our Creativity Myths



Everyday Creativity



Science



Business Creativity



How to Be More Creative


Epilogue


References


Index