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Explaining Creativity
The Science of Human Innovation
Taschenbuch von R. Keith Sawyer
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
Explaining Creativity is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of scientific studies on creativity and innovation. Sawyer discusses not only arts like painting and writing, but also science, stage performance, business innovation, and creativity in everyday life. Sawyer's approach is interdisciplinary. In addition to examining psychological studies on creativity, he draws on anthropologists' research on creativity in non-Western cultures, sociologists'research on the situations, contexts, and networks of creative activity, and cognitive neuroscientists' studies of the brain.
Explaining Creativity is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of scientific studies on creativity and innovation. Sawyer discusses not only arts like painting and writing, but also science, stage performance, business innovation, and creativity in everyday life. Sawyer's approach is interdisciplinary. In addition to examining psychological studies on creativity, he draws on anthropologists' research on creativity in non-Western cultures, sociologists'research on the situations, contexts, and networks of creative activity, and cognitive neuroscientists' studies of the brain.
Über den Autor
R. Keith Sawyer, a professor of psychology, education, and business at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of the world's leading scientific experts on creativity. He combines this scientific expertise with a strong hands-on background in real-world creativity. After receiving his computer science degree from MIT in 1982, he began his career with a two-year stint designing videogames for Atari. In 1990, Dr. Sawyer began his doctoral studies in psychology, studying creativity with Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Dr. Sawyer has also been a jazz pianist for over 20 years, and spent several years playing piano with Chicago improv theater groups.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Part I: Conceptions

  • Chapter 1: Introduction

  • Chapter 2: Conceptions of Creativity

  • Part II: Individualist Approaches

  • Chapter 3: Defining creativity through assessment

  • Chapter 4: The creative personality

  • Chapter 5: The creative process, part 1

  • Chapter 6: The creative process, part 2

  • Chapter 7: The creative process, part 3

  • Chapter 8: Computer simulations of the creative process

  • Chapter 9: Biology and creativity

  • Chapter 10: Cognitive neuroscience and creativity

  • Part III: Sociocultural Approaches

  • Chapter 11: Sociology

  • Chapter 12: Group creativity

  • Chapter 13: Organizational creativity

  • Chapter 14: Culture and creativity

  • Chapter 15: History and creativity

  • Part IV: Creativity in the Domains

  • Chapter 16: Visual Arts

  • Chapter 17: Writing

  • Chapter 18: Music

  • Chapter 19: Theater

  • Chapter 20: Science

  • Part V: Everyday Creativity

  • Chapter 21: Education and creativity

  • Chapter 22: How to be more creative

  • Chapter 23: Conclusion: The future of creativity

  • Appendices

  • The domain of creativity research

  • Appendix A: Creativity timeline

  • Appendix B: Creativity overviews

  • Appendix C: Journals that publish creativity research

  • Appendix D: Influential books in creativity research

  • Appendix E: Journal special issues

  • The field of creativity research

  • Appendix F: Important creativity researchers

  • Appendix G: Colleges and universities with a degree or certificate in creativity

  • Appendix H: Professional associations and conferences

  • References

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199737574
ISBN-10: 0199737576
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sawyer, R. Keith
Hersteller: OUP US
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 254 x 178 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: R. Keith Sawyer
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2012
Gewicht: 1,054 kg
Artikel-ID: 108616133
Über den Autor
R. Keith Sawyer, a professor of psychology, education, and business at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of the world's leading scientific experts on creativity. He combines this scientific expertise with a strong hands-on background in real-world creativity. After receiving his computer science degree from MIT in 1982, he began his career with a two-year stint designing videogames for Atari. In 1990, Dr. Sawyer began his doctoral studies in psychology, studying creativity with Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Dr. Sawyer has also been a jazz pianist for over 20 years, and spent several years playing piano with Chicago improv theater groups.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Part I: Conceptions

  • Chapter 1: Introduction

  • Chapter 2: Conceptions of Creativity

  • Part II: Individualist Approaches

  • Chapter 3: Defining creativity through assessment

  • Chapter 4: The creative personality

  • Chapter 5: The creative process, part 1

  • Chapter 6: The creative process, part 2

  • Chapter 7: The creative process, part 3

  • Chapter 8: Computer simulations of the creative process

  • Chapter 9: Biology and creativity

  • Chapter 10: Cognitive neuroscience and creativity

  • Part III: Sociocultural Approaches

  • Chapter 11: Sociology

  • Chapter 12: Group creativity

  • Chapter 13: Organizational creativity

  • Chapter 14: Culture and creativity

  • Chapter 15: History and creativity

  • Part IV: Creativity in the Domains

  • Chapter 16: Visual Arts

  • Chapter 17: Writing

  • Chapter 18: Music

  • Chapter 19: Theater

  • Chapter 20: Science

  • Part V: Everyday Creativity

  • Chapter 21: Education and creativity

  • Chapter 22: How to be more creative

  • Chapter 23: Conclusion: The future of creativity

  • Appendices

  • The domain of creativity research

  • Appendix A: Creativity timeline

  • Appendix B: Creativity overviews

  • Appendix C: Journals that publish creativity research

  • Appendix D: Influential books in creativity research

  • Appendix E: Journal special issues

  • The field of creativity research

  • Appendix F: Important creativity researchers

  • Appendix G: Colleges and universities with a degree or certificate in creativity

  • Appendix H: Professional associations and conferences

  • References

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199737574
ISBN-10: 0199737576
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sawyer, R. Keith
Hersteller: OUP US
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 254 x 178 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: R. Keith Sawyer
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2012
Gewicht: 1,054 kg
Artikel-ID: 108616133
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