Handbook of Creativity

Name: Handbook of Creativity
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ISBN: 9780521576048

ISBN-10: 0521576040

ISBN-13: 9780521576048

Edition: 1999

Authors: Robert J. Sternberg

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The goal of the Handbook of Creativity is to provide the most comprehensive, definitive, and authoritative single-volume review available in the field of creativity. To this end, the book contains 22 chapters covering a wide range of issues and topics in the field of creativity, all written by distinguished leaders in the field. The chapters have been written to be accessible to all educated readers with an interest in creative thinking. Although the authors are leading behavioral scientists, people in all disciplines will find the coverage of creativity divided in the arts and sciences to be of interest. The volume is divided into six parts. Part I, the Introduction, sets out the major…

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List price: $74.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/28/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English




Introduction



The concept of creativity: prospects and paradigms




A history of research on creativity




Methods for Studying Creativity



Psychometric approaches to the study of human creativity




Experimental studies of creativity




The case study method and evolving systems approach for understanding unique creative people at work




Creativity from a historiometric perspective




Origins of Creativity



Biological bases of creativity




Evolving creative minds: stories and mechanisms




The development of creativity




Creativity, the Self and Environment



Creative cognition




From case studies to robust generalizations: an approach to the study of creativity




Creativity and knowledge: a challenge to theories




Creativity and intelligence




The influence of personality on artistic and scientific creativity




Motivation and creativity




Implications of a systems perspective for the study of creativity




Special Topics in Creativity



Creativity across cultures




Computer models of creativity




Organizational creativity




Enhancing creativity




Prodigies and creativity




Conclusion



Fifty years of creativity research