PSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY: COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL PROCESSES

PSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY: COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL PROCESSES

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

REFERENCES

SECTION I: REVIEWS

Chapter 1: CREATIVITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: THE USE OF CREATIVE COGNITION IN STUDYING

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CREATIVITY AND THEIR POTENTIAL APPLICATION TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Big-C versus Little-C Creativity

Four Ps Perspective

Creative Process

Creative Cognition

General versus Domain Specific Creativity

Creativity and Academic Performance

THE USE OF CREATIVE COGNITION APPROACH TO CREATIVITY RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Use of Creative Cognition as a Voluntary and Context-Dependent Habit

Use of Creative Cognition, Positive Affect, and Academic Performance

Intervening on Use of Creative Cognition in Studying

Limitations of the Use of Creative Cognition Approach

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: COGNITIVE PROCESSES UNDERLYING CREATIVITY AT WORK

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

COGNITIVE PROCESSES UNDERLYING CREATIVITY

Taxonomy of Cognitive Processes

1. Problem Finding

2. Information Gathering

3. Incubation

4. Idea Generation

Insight

Conceptual Combination

5. Idea Evaluation

6. Idea Implementation

MEASUREMENT OF CREATIVITY

DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

Holistic Approach to Cognitive Processes

Shift from the Environment to the Individual

Focus on Time

Self-Regulation

Linking Cognitive Processes to Affect

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: MINDFULNESS MEDITATION AND CREATIVITY

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Sources of Creativity

Mindfulness Meditation and Mindfulness Skills

Mindfulness Meditation: Main Clinical Applications

Mindfulness Meditation: Main Cognitive Effects

Mindfulness Meditation, Trait Mindfulness and Creativity

Limitations and Directions for Future Research

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

SECTION II: COGNITIVE PROCESSES

Chapter 4: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISUAL CREATIVITY AND VISUAL MENTAL IMAGERY IN AGEING

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

Participants

Measures

Procedure

Data Analysis

RESULTS

Data Description

DISCUSSION

The Relationships between Creativity and Visual Imagery

Age-Related Changes and Applications of Creativity to Ageing

Limitations and Directions for Future Research

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: CONNECTING CREATIVITY AND GIFTEDNESS: DO HIGH-ABILITY POPULATIONS HAVE AN ADVANTAGE?

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Three-Ring Model

Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

Star Model

Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent

Creativity Definitions and Debates

The Gifted Advantage?

The Current Study

METHODS

Participants

Measures

Procedure

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

Limitations

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CREATIVE PERSON IN MATHEMATICS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Defining Mathematical Creativity

Describing the Creative Person

Aims of the Study

METHODS

Participants and Instruments

Procedure

Data Analysis

RESULTS

Data Description

Confirming the Structure of Mathematical Creativity

Investigating the Effect of Cognitive, Developmental and Personality Characteristics on Mathematical Creativity

DISCUSSION

Limitations and Directions for Future Research

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

SECTION III: EMOTIONAL PROCESSES

Chapter 7: CREATIVITY IN WORK PROJECTS AS A FUNCTION OF AFFECTIVE SHIFTS: A PILOT STUDY

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Emotions in the Workplace

Positive Affect and Creative Output

Negative Affect and Creative Output

The Dynamics of Affect and Cognition

Self-Regulation of Emotions and Adaptive Metacognition

The Phoenix Model of Creativity

Testing the Phoenix Model on Project Work Creativity

METHODS

Participants

Measures

Procedure

Data Analysis

RESULTS

Data Description

Hypothesis Testing for End-of-Project Creativity Ratings

Hypothesis Testing for Repeated Participant Creativity Ratings

DISCUSSION

End-of-Project Ratings

Repeated Participant Ratings

Limitations and Directions for Future Research

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: THE “POSITIVE TRIAD” OF THE REGULATION OF PERSONAL CHOICE AMONG CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

Participants

Measures

RESULTS

Mean Differences between Groups

Correlations among Different Components of the “Positive Triad”

Differences between Participants who Choose to Use or Ignore EmotionalContext

Predictors of Personal Choice

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

SECTION IV: SOCIAL PROCESSES

Chapter 9: PSYCHOBIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH AND PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF CREATIVITY: THE CASE OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

The Cognitive Approach

The Personality Psychological Approach

(a) Nomothetic Traditions within Personality Psychology

(b) Idiographic Traditions within Personality Psychology

PSYCHOBIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH TO CREATIVITY

History and Development of Psychobiography

Methodological Features of Contemporary Psychobiography

CASE STUDY: FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE’S CREATIVITY

LIMITATIONS OF THE PSYCHOBIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATIONS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR CREATIVITY IN THE JOB: A SEVEN-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY IN HONG KONG

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Antecedents of Intrinsic Motivation

Consequences of Intrinsic Motivation and Extrinsic Motivation

Cultural Variations in Need for Autonomy

Cultural Variations in Need for Competence

Measuring Motivational Orientations in Chinese College Students

Goals of the Study

STUDY 1: MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATIONS AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Introduction

Methods

Participants

Measures

Procedure

Results and Discussion

STUDY 2: PAST AND CURRENT MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATIONS AS PREDICTORS OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS

Introduction

Methods

Participants and Procedure

Measures

Results and Discussion

GENERAL DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 11: SCIENTISTS’ CREATIVE POTENTIAL AS A FUNCTION OF THE INNOVATIVE POTENTIAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

The Systems View of Creativity

Normal and Revolutionary Science

A Model of Scientists’ Creative Potential

Goal of This Study

A PERSON–DISCIPLINE MODEL OF DISCOVERY–INNOVATION POTENTIAL

Semantic Information

Innovation Potential of a Scientific Discipline

Birth and Death of Ideas

The Three Phases in the Life of a Scientific Discipline

Changing Optimal Balance

Where Does Independent Knowledge Come from?

When Does Motivation Kick in?

The Mixed Effects of Domain Specific Competence

Is There an Optimal Creative Personality?

Limitations of the Model

CONCLUSION

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ABOUT THE EDITORS

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