The Nature of Creative DevelopmentStanford University Press, 18/05/2006 - 600 páginas The Nature of Creative Development presents a new understanding of the basis of creativity. Describing patterns of development seen in creative individuals, the author shows how creativity grows out of distinctive interests that often form years before one makes his/her main conributions. The book is filled with case studies that analyze creative developments across a wide range of fields. The individuals examined range from Virginia Woolf and Albert Einstein to Thomas Edison and Ray Kroc. The text also considers contemporary creatives interviewed by the author. Feinstein provides a useful framework for those engaged in creative work or in managing such individuals. This text will help the reader understand the nature of creativity, including the difficulties that one may encounter in working creatively and ways to overcome them. |
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... specific processes and structures of creative development that are the source and basis of generation of several principal forms of creativity leading to creative contributions. In particular it delineates and thus shows how individuals ...
... specific elements and experiences, then expand out to define a broader, richer domain; in other cases his interest begins as more general, then he narrows his focus. Individuals conceive of their creative interests as domains filled ...
... specific experiences and elements they encounter that connect with their inter- ests, thus responses mediated by the conceptual structures in their minds asso- ciated with their interests. Creative responses spark many important ideas ...
... specific events or emotions at a given time , which have detail but are not always reliable . Thus when individ ... specific events may be less so . 15 Ulric Neisser discusses the accuracy of generic memories , and rehearsal , in his ...
... specific and involve narrow, precisely defined goals. In contrast, creative interests and conceptions of interests are broader and often more richly conceived. They are also inherently open-ended — viewed as potentially able to be ...
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3 The Development of Creative Interests | 62 |
4 Intrinsic Sources of Interest | 107 |
5 Extrinsic and Strategic Factors in the Development of Creative Interests | 134 |
6 Kinds of Creative Interests | 160 |
7 The Distinctiveness and Breadth of Creative Interests | 182 |
8 Resonances and Connections | 224 |
12 Creativity in Projects | 388 |
13 Multiple Interests | 425 |
Patterns of Projects Projects and Interests | 444 |
Evolution of Interests and Sequences of Interests | 463 |
16 Difficulties in Creative Development | 505 |
Modeling Cultural Development | 522 |
Modeling Individuals in Social Systems | 543 |
Appendix | 549 |
9 Creative Responses | 248 |
10 Exploration of Creative Interests and Creativity Generation Creative Expertise | 293 |
11 The Role of Conceptions of Creative Interests and Associated Values and Principles in Guidance Management of Creative Development at the Met... | 353 |
Bibliography | 561 |
Index | 562 |