Handbook of Creativity /
edited by Robert J. Sternberg
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999
- ix, 490 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
List of Contributors Preface Pt. I: Introduction 1: Concept of Creativity: Prospects and Paradigms, by Robert J. Sternberg, by Todd I. Lubart -- Page 3 2: History of Research on Creativity, by Robert S. Albert, by Mark A. Runco -- Page 16 Pt. II: Methods for Studying Creativity 3: Psychometric Approaches to the Study of Human Creativity, by Jonathan A. Plucker, by Joseph S. Renzulli -- Page 35 4: Experimental Studies of Creativity, by Mark A. Runco, by Shawn Okuda Sakamoto -- Page 62 5: Case Study Method and Evolving Systems Approach for Understanding Unique Creative People at Work, by Howard E. Gruber, by Doris B. Wallace -- Page 93 6: Creativity from a Historiometric Perspective, by Dean Keith Simonton -- Page 116 Pt. III: Origins of Creativity 7: Biological Bases of Creativity, by Colin Martindale -- Page 137 8: Evolving Creative Minds: Stories and Mechanisms, by Charles J. Lumsden -- Page 153 9: Development of Creativity, by David Henry Feldman -- Page 169 Pt. IV: Creativity, the Self, and the Environment 10: Creative Cognition, by Thomas B. Ward, by Steven M. Smith, by Ronald A. Finke -- Page 189 11: From Case Studies to Robust Generalizations: An Approach to the Study of Creativity, by Emma Policastro, by Howard Gardner -- Page 213 12: Creativity and Knowledge: A Challenge to Theories, by Robert W. Weisberg -- Page 226 13: Creativity and Intelligence, by Robert J. Sternberg, by Linda A. O'Hara -- Page 251 14: Influence of Personality on Artistic and Scientific Creativity, by Gregory J. Feist -- Page 273 15: Motivation and Creativity, by Mary Ann Collins, by Teresa M. Amabile -- Page 297 16: Implications of a Systems Perspective for the Study of Creativity, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Page 313 Pt. V: Special Topics in Creativity 17: Creativity Across Cultures, by Todd I. Lubart -- Page 339 18: Computer Models of Creativity, by Margaret A. Boden -- Page 351 19: Organizational Creativity, by Wendy M. Williams, by Lana T. Yang -- Page 373 20: Enhancing Creativity, by Raymond S. Nickerson -- Page 392 21: Prodigies and Creativity, by Michael J. A. Howe -- Page 431 Pt. VI: Conclusion 22: Fifty Years of Creativity Research, by Richard E. Mayer -- Page 449 Author Index -- Page 461 Subject Index -- Page 479
The goal of the Handbook of Creativity is to provide the most comprehensive, definitive, and authoritative single-volume review available in the field of creativity. To this end, the book contains 22 chapters covering a wide range of issues and topics in this field, all written by distinguished leaders. The chapters are intended to be accessible to all readers with an interest in creative thinking. Although the authors are leading behavioral scientists, people in all disciplines will find the coverage of creativity in the arts and sciences to be of interest.