Creative thought : an investigation of conceptual structures and processes / Thomas B. Ward, Steven M. Smith, Jyotsna Vaid, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Ward, Thomas B.

Smith, Steven M.

Vaid, Jyotsna.

Conference Name:

APA Science Conference (1995 : Texas A&M University)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative thinking--Congresses.

Creative thinking.

Creative ability--Congresses.

Creative ability.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xv, 567 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1997.

Contents:

1. Conceptual Structures and Processes in Creative Thought / Thomas B. Ward, Steven M. Smith, Jyotsna Vaid

Part 1 Conceptual Combination

2. Thematic Relations and the Creation of Combined Concepts / Edward J. Shoben, Christina L. Gagne

3. Conceptual Combination: Possibilities and Esthetics / Edward J. Wisniewski

4. Emergent Attributes in Combined Concepts / James A. Hampton

5. The Developmental Emergence of Multiplicative Combinations / Friedrich Wilkening, Gudrune Schwarzer, Annette Rummele

6. Coherent and Creative Conceptual Combinations / Paul Thagard

Part 2 Conceptual Expansion

7. Imagination at Work: Conceptual and Linguistic Creativity in Children / Cristina Cacciari, Maria Chiara Levorato, Pirecarla Cicogna

8. The Creation of New Concepts: A Multifaceted Approach to Category Learning / Arthur b. Markman, Takashi Yamauchi, Valerie S. Makin

9. Creativity: Shifting Across Ontological Categories Flexibly / Michelene T. H. Chi

10. Polysemy and the Creation of Novel Word Meanings / Gregory L. Murphy

11. Mundane Creativity in Perceptual Symbol Systems / Lawrence W. Barsalou, Jesse J. Prinz

12. Creativity in Personality, Developmental, and Social Psychology: Any Links With Cognitive Psychology? / Dean Keith Simonton

Part 3 Metaphor

13. Metaphor Comprehension: How Metaphors Create New Categories / Sam Glucksberg, Deanna Ann Manfredi, Matthew S. McGlone

14. How Language Reflects the Embodied Nature of Creative Cognition / Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.

15. Of "Men" and Metaphors: Shakespeare, Embodiment, and Filing Cabinets / Eva Feder Kittay

Part 4 Analogy and Mental Models

16. Analogy and Creativity in the Worlds of Johannes Kepler / Dedre Gentner, Sarah Brem, Ron Ferguson, Philip Wolff, Arthur B. Markman, Ken Forbus

17. How Scientists Think: On-Line Creativity and Conceptual Change in Science / Kevin Dunbar

18. Mental Models, Space, and Embodied Cognition / Arthur M. Glenberg

19. Creativity's Camel: The Role of Analogy in Invention / David N. Perkins.

Notes:

Based on APA Science Conference, Texas A&M University, May 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1557984042

OCLC:

36379676