| Description |
x, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. The role of the environment in creativity -- The conditions of creativity / Beth A. Hennessey and Teresa M. Amabile -- Part II. The role of the individual in creativity -- The nature of creativity as manifest in its testing / E. Paul Torrance -- Putting creativity to work / Frank Barron -- Various approaches to and definitions of creativity / Calivn W. Taylor -- A three-facet model of creativity / Robert J. Sternberg -- Problem solving and creativity / Robert W. Weisberg -- A computational model of scientific insight / Pat Langley and Randolph Jones -- Freedom and constraint in creativity / Philip N. Johnson-Laird -- Creativity as a mechanical process / Roger C. Schank -- Part III. The role of the individual-environment interaction in creativity -- Inching our way up Mount Olympus : the evolving-systems approach to creative thinking / Howard E. Gruber and Sara N. Davis -- Creativity : dreams, insights, and transformations / David Henry Feldman -- Creative lives and creative works : a synthetic scientific approach / Howard Gardner -- Society, culture, and person : a systems view of creativity / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Creativity and talent as learning / Herbert J. Walberg -- The possibility of invention / D.N. Perkins -- Creativity, leadership, and chance / Dean Keith Simonton -- Part IV. Integration and conclusions -- What do we know about creativity? / Twila Z. Tardif and Robert J. Sternberg |
| Analysis |
21030 creativity 41030 psychological perspectives |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
| Subject |
Creative ability.
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Creative thinking.
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Psychology.
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Creativity.
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Psychology.
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| Author |
Sternberg, Robert J.
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| LC no. |
87020928 |
| ISBN |
052133036X |
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0521338921 (paperback) |
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