Perspectives in Creativity
Language: English
Published by Aldine Publishing Company, 1975
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- Title
- Perspectives in Creativity
- Author
- Taylor, Irving A., And J.W. Getzels, Editors
- Publisher
- Aldine Publishing Company
- Publication year
- 1975
- Condition
- UsedGood
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0202251217
- ISBN 13
- 9780202251219
In Perspectives in Creativity experts in the psychology of creativity take stock of the field by examining their own experiences. The contributors relate how they embarked on their work, how their ideas developed, what in their thinking remained the same, what had changed, and how they evaluate their successes and failures.
The introductory chapter provides a historical context for subsequent contributions. J. P. Guilford then describes the development of the field of creativity from the perspective of the Structure of Intellect model. Donald W. MacKinnon describes his work at the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research. J. W. Getzels and Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi recount in the following chapter how, though starting with a conception of creativity as a problem-solving process, they were driven through their work with artists to a conception of creativity as also a problem-finding process. In the fifth chapter, Frank M. Andrews describes his investigations of the social and psychological factors in scientific laboratories.
Frank Barron examines the problem of creativity and alienation. Anne Roe analyzes the sources and development of paintings as reported by twenty artists. In the following chapter, Salvatore Maddi examines the widely held belief that social integration and a permissive environment are conducive to creative endeavor. In chapter 9, Calvin Taylor and Richard Ellison describe the development of the Utah program of assessment and intervention with regard to the creativity of children in the classroom. Next, Sidney Parnes discusses his work on "brainstorming" and its emphasis on a balance between imagination and judgment, freedom, and discipline. George Prince tells of the development of "synectics" since its early formulation and recounts its application to creative production in industry. E. Paul Torrance then examines recent creativity in the schools and describes his own efforts in devising diagnostic tests and educational methods.
The varying perspectives of the contributors all point to a field of inquiry that is alive and well and still in a dynamic state open to conceptual and methodological transformation.
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"The book contains a wealth of information; it is stimulating in its novel manner of questioning the way of dealing with ideas.... I highly recommend the book to the readers of Leonardo."
--Florence Vidal, Leondardo
"The book contains a wealth of information; it is stimulating in its novel manner of questioning the way of dealing with ideas.... I highly recommend the book to the readers of Leonardo."
--Florence Vidal, Leondardo
-The book contains a wealth of information; it is stimulating in its novel manner of questioning the way of dealing with ideas.... I highly recommend the book to the readers of Leonardo.-
--Florence Vidal, Leondardo
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