Psychology of creativity : advances in theory, research and application / Alessandro Antonietti, Barbara Colombo and Daniel Memmert, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Antonietti, Alessandro, 1960-

Colombo, Barbara.

Memmert, Daniel.

Series:

Psychology research progress series.

Psychology Research Progress

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Creativity is a topic that has gained increasing interest over the past decades and, unlike other topics which have sudden ""moments of glory"" and then quickly become neglected, it is an issue that continues to attract the attention of researchers and practitioners, overcoming the fluctuating fashions and curiosity of the moment. For this reason, it can be useful to consider periodically what is new about creativity. The aim of this book is to discuss recent developments in the field of creativity. More precisely, attention has been paid to four aspects. Firstly, the concept of creativity cha

Contents:

""PSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY ""; ""PSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY ""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""PART I: GENERAL CREATIVITY ""; ""Chapter 1 CREATIVITY: CHALLENGES TO A KEY CONCEPT FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY1 ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""CREATIVITY OR A HAPPY CO-INCIDENCE ""; ""CHALLENGES OF THE CONCEPT: THEORETICAL CONTROVERSIES WITH PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS ""; ""CONCEPT CHALLENGES: THE RESISTANCE OF SOME MYTHS ""; ""CHALLENGES OF THE CONCEPT: THE ASSESSMENT CONTEXT ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""Chapter 2 CONTEXTUALIZED MULTIPLE THINKING AND CREATIVITY* """"ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""ACTION LEARNING CYCLE ""; ""Two Types of Learning""; ""Issues in Action Learning ""; ""ACTION LEARNING AND THE CONTEXTS ""; ""Four Critical Functions in Contexts ""; ""Multiplicity of Contexts and Perspectives ""; ""MULTIPLE THINKING IN ACTION LEARNING""; ""CMT and Four Critical Functions""; ""Typology of CMT in Action Learning ""; ""Technological Thinking ""; ""Economic Thinking ""; ""Social Thinking ""; ""Political Thinking ""; ""Cultural Thinking ""; ""Learning Thinking ""

""Contextualized Multiple Intelligence (CMI)""""LEVELS OF THINKING ""; ""Upward Thinking in Action""; ""Hierarchy of Thinking in Action ""; ""Downward Thinking in Action ""; ""MULTIPLE CREATIVITY IN THINKING AND ACTION""; ""Hierarchy of Creativity ""; ""Creativity in Thinking and Creativity in Action ""; ""Single Creativity in Action Learning ""; ""Dual Creativity in Action Learning ""; ""Multiple Creativity in Action Learning ""; ""Creativity by Thinking Transfer ""; ""CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""Chapter 3 CREATION AND PRODUCTION: SOCIAL IMAGINARY BETWEEN IMAGINATION AND COMMON SENSE """"ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""CREATION AND PRODUCTION IN CASTORIADIS AND WALFENDELS ""; ""PRODUCTION, AUTONOMIZATION OF IMAGINARY, AND COMMON SENSE ""; ""CREATION, PRODUCTION, IMAGINATION, AND NARRATIVITY ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""Chapter 4 UNLOCKING INSIGHT: BARRIERS AS DOORWAYS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INSIGHT AND PROBLEM SOLVING: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ""; ""What Is Insight? ""; ""METHODS ""; ""Design ""; ""Participants ""; ""Student Sample ""; ""Worker Sample ""

""Teacher Sample """"Athlete Sample ""; ""Apparatus and Procedure ""; ""Student Problems and Procedure ""; ""Data Analysis ""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""What is Insight? ""; ""How and Why Does Insight Work? ""; ""Promoting Insight ""; ""Further Research""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""APPENDIX A: PROBLEMS""; ""Student Problems ""; ""Workers� �Symptomatic� Problems ""; ""Teacher Problems ""; ""Athlete Problems ""; ""a) Rowers ""; ""b) Soccer Players ""; ""APPENDIX B � CONSENT FORM ""; ""APPENDIX C: PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESSES ""; ""Worker Problem Solving Process ""

""Teacher Problem Solving Process ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 05, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

1-62808-155-4

OCLC:

856934661