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Author Amabile, Teresa.

Title Creativity in context / Teresa M. Amabile
Published Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996

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Description xviii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. The Case for a Social Psychology of Creativity --2. The Meaning and Measurement of Creativity -- 3. A Consensual Technique for Creativity Assessment -- 4. A Theoretical Framework -- 5. Effects of Evaluation on Creativity -- 6. Effects of Reward and Task Constraint -- 7. Social Facilitation, Modeling, and Motivational Orientation -- 8. Other Social and Environmental Influences -- 9. Implications for Enhancing Creativity -- 10. Toward a Comprehensive Psychology of Creativity
Summary Creativity in Context is an update of The Social Psychology of Creativity, a classic text for researchers, students, and other interested readers. Creativity in Context incorporates extensive new material, going far beyond the original to provide a comprehensive picture of how the motivation for creative behavior, and creativity itself, can be influenced by the social environment
Notes "Update to The social psychology of creativity."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Creative ability -- Social aspects.
Creative ability.
Motivation (Psychology)
Author Amabile, Teresa. Social psychology of creativity
LC no. 96011298
ISBN 0813328276 (hc : alk. paper)
0813330343 (paperback: alk. paper)
Other Titles Update to The social physchology of creativity