Handbook of Creativity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. The Nature of the Beast

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Creativity

      • Robert T. Brown

      Pages 3-32

   3. Psychometric Issues in the Assessment of Creativity

      • William B. Michael, Claudia R. Wright

      Pages 33-52

   4. A Taxonomy and Critique of Measurements Used in the Study of Creativity

      • Dennis Hocevar, Patricia Bachelor

      Pages 53-75

   5. Individual Differences in Creativity

      • Richard W. Woodman, Lyle F. Schoenfeldt

      Pages 77-91

   6. The Nature-Nurture Problem in Creativity

      • P. E. Vernon

      Pages 93-110

   7. Creativity and Intelligence

      • Patricia A. Haensly, Cecil R. Reynolds

      Pages 111-132

3. Cognitive Models of Creativity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133

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   2. Cognitive Processes in Creativity

      • John R. Hayes

      Pages 135-145

   3. Creativity and Perception

      • John H. Flowers, Calvin P. Garbin

      Pages 147-162

   4. Memory and Creativity

      • Barry S. Stein

      Pages 163-176

   5. Metacognition in Creativity

      • Bonnie B. Armbruster

      Pages 177-182

   6. The Creative Construction of Rationality

      • David Moshman, Leslie E. Lukin

      Pages 183-198

   7. Dialectical Thinking and Adult Creativity

      • Suzanne Benack, Michael Basseches, Thomas Swan

      Pages 199-208

4. Personalogical Variables and Creativity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209

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   2. Personality, Situation, and Creativity

      • Colin Martindale

      Pages 211-232

   3. The Self and Creativity

      • E. Thomas Dowd

      Pages 233-242

   4. Creativity and Psychopathology

      • Robert Prentky

      Pages 243-269

   5. Examining Counselors’ Creative Processes in Counseling

      • P. Paul Heppner, Karen Fitzgerald, Carolyn A. Jones

      Pages 271-280

The motivation underlying our development of a "handbook" of creativity was different from what usually is described by editors of other such volumes. Our sense that a handbook was needed sprang not from a deluge of highly erudite studies calling out for organization, nor did it stem from a belief that the field had become so fully articulated that such a book was necessary to provide summation and reference. Instead, this handbook was conceptualized as an attempt to provide structure and organization for a field of study that, from our perspective, had come to be a large-scale example of a "degenerating" research program (see Brown, Chapter 1). The handbook grew out of a series of discussions that spanned several years. At the heart of most of our interactions was a profound unhappiness with the state of research on creativity. Our consensus was that the number of "good" works published on creativity each year was small and growing smaller. Further, we could not point to a journal, text, or professional organization that was providing leadership for the field in shaping a scientifically sound framework for the development of research programs in creativity. At the same time, we were casting about for a means of honoring a dear friend, E. Paul Torrance. Our decision was that we might best be able to honor Paul and influence research on creativity by developing a handbook designed to challenge traditional perspectives while offering research agendas based on contemporary psychological views.

• Motivation
• cognition
• creativity
• happiness
• intelligence
• interaction
• learning
• memory
• perception
• personality

• Ball State University, Muncie, USA

  John A. Glover

• University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

  Royce R. Ronning

• Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

  Cecil R. Reynolds

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