Creative People at Work: Twelve Cognitive Case Studies - Couverture rigide

Wallace, Doris B.; Gruber, Howard E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195056043 ISBN 13 : 9780195056044

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1989

Synopsis

In this book Howard Gruber and his colleagues explore the creative process in both the arts and sciences. Using their unique evolved systems appproach and twelve cognitive case studies, the authors examine the work of such diverse people as Wordsworth, Einstein, Piaget, Anais Nin, and Darwin and, in doing so, dispel many of our popularly held notions about the creative act. This book will be of interest to researchers and laypersons who wish to understand the creative process and may be used in courses in creativity, higher cognitive processes, and life-span development.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

To demystify creative work without reducing it to simplistic formulas, Doris Wallace and Howard Gruber, one of the world's foremost authorities on creativity, have produced a unique book exploring the creative process in the arts and sciences. The book's original`evolving systems approach' treats creativity as purposeful work and integrates cognitive, emotional, aesthetic, and motivational aspects of the creative process. Twelve revealing case studies explore the work of such diverse people as William Wordsworth, Albert Einstein, Jean Piaget, Anais Nin, and Charles Darwin. The case study approach is discussed in relation to other methods such as biography, autobiography, and psychobiology/ Emphasis is given to the uniqueness of each creative person; the social nature of creative work is also treated without losing the sense of the individual. A final chapter considers the relationship between creativity and morality in the nuclear age. In addition to developmental psychologists and cognitive scientists, this study offers fascinating insights for all readers interested in the history of ideas, scientific discovery, artistic discovery, artistic innovation, and the interplay of intuition, inspiration, and purposeful work.

Revue de presse

excellent text ... The value of studying creativity by closely examining the work of creative individuals is ilustrated in this text. The work will appeal to specialists in the field such as psychologists and educators, but the style is such that a broad range of individuals interested in creativity will find the test informative as well as a pleasure to read. (Delmont Morrison, University of California, Imagination, Cognition, and Personality)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195056043
• ISBN 13: 9780195056044
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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