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Before the gates of excellence : the determinants of creative genius / R. Ochse.
LIBRA BF408 .O29 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ochse, R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creative ability.
- Genius.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- Contents:
- Part I Perspective
- 1 Genius and creativity: historical perspective of theory and research
- 2 Methods used in research on productive creators
- Part II The Creative Person
- 3 Social background
- 4 The home environment
- 5 Education and career
- 6 Characteristics of creative achievers
- 7 The creator's motivation
- 8 The developmental pattern
- Part III Creative Thinking and Inspiration
- 9 Stages in creative problem-solving
- 10 Specific abilities and processes involved in creative problem-solving
- 11 Traditional views of the role of unconscious processes
- 12 Unconscious processing and inspiration: a new interpretation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0521375576
- 0521376998
- OCLC:
- 19455477
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