Handbook of Creativity

Abstract

Part I. Introduction: 1. The concept of creativity: prospects and paradigms Robert J. Sternberg and Todd Lubart 2. A history of research on creativity Robert S. Albert and Mark Runco Part II. Methods for Studying Creativity: 3. Psychometric approaches to the study of human creativity Jonathan A. Plucker and Joseph Renzulli 4. Experimental studies of creativity Mark Runco and Shawn Okuda Sakamoto 5. The case study method and evolving systems approach for understanding unique creative people at work Howard E. Gruber and Doris Wallace 6. Creativity from a historiometric perspective Dean Keith Simonton Part III. Origins of Creativity: 7. Biological bases of creativity Colin Martindale 8. Evolving creative minds: stories and mechanisms Charles J. Lumsden 9. The development of creativity David Henry Feldman Part IV. Creativity, the Self and Environment: 10. Creative cognition Thomas B. Ward, Steven M. Smith and Ronald A. Finke 11. From case studies to robust generalizations: an approach to the study of creativity Emma Policastro and Howard Gardner 12. Creativity and knowledge: a challenge to theories Robert W. Weisberg 13. Creativity and intelligence Robert W. Weisberg and Linda O'Hara 14. The influence of personality on artistic and scientific creativity Gregory J. Feist 15. Motivation and creativity Mary Ann Collins and Teresa Amabile 16. Implications of a systems perspective for the study of creativity Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Part V. Special Topics in Creativity: 17. Creativity across cultures Todd I. Lubart 18. Computer models of creativity Margaret A. Boden 19. Organizational creativity Wendy M. Williams and Lana T. Yang 20. Enhancing creativity Raymond S. Nickerson 21. Prodigies and creativity Michael J. A. Howe Part VI. Conclusion: 22. Fifty years of creativity research Richard E. Mayer.