The Nature of Creative DevelopmentStanford University Press, 18.05.2006 - 600 Seiten The Nature of Creative Development presents a new understanding of the basis of creativity. Describing patterns of development seen in creative individuals, the author shows how creativity grows out of distinctive interests that often form years before one makes his/her main conributions. The book is filled with case studies that analyze creative developments across a wide range of fields. The individuals examined range from Virginia Woolf and Albert Einstein to Thomas Edison and Ray Kroc. The text also considers contemporary creatives interviewed by the author. Feinstein provides a useful framework for those engaged in creative work or in managing such individuals. This text will help the reader understand the nature of creativity, including the difficulties that one may encounter in working creatively and ways to overcome them. |
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... field, and also in learning how to forge a direct connection from a theoretical model to its empirical estimation. I pursued a Ph.D. in economics — my dissertation presents an econometric model addressing the problem of incomplete ...
... field and a cohort ofindividuals in a field each individual typically forms a different, distinctive interest; the creative interests I present and describe as examples illustrate this point. In defining a distinctive interest or set ...
... field or a new field, when they are actively learning about the field and encounter many elements in it that are new to them — they often form creative interests during these periods. In forming their creative interests, especially in ...
... field and society. Beginning from their initial interests, individuals form more defined creative interests, which form the basis for their development going forward. A key step in the process offorming a more fully defined creative ...
... field and society. Patterns of creative development have a variety of forms. For many individuals, over medium spans of time their pattern of development resembles the branching structure of a tree — their core creative interests are ...
Inhalt
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3 The Development of Creative Interests | 62 |
4 Intrinsic Sources of Interest | 107 |
5 Extrinsic and Strategic Factors in the Development of Creative Interests | 134 |
6 Kinds of Creative Interests | 160 |
7 The Distinctiveness and Breadth of Creative Interests | 182 |
8 Resonances and Connections | 224 |
12 Creativity in Projects | 388 |
13 Multiple Interests | 425 |
Patterns of Projects Projects and Interests | 444 |
Evolution of Interests and Sequences of Interests | 463 |
16 Difficulties in Creative Development | 505 |
Modeling Cultural Development | 522 |
Modeling Individuals in Social Systems | 543 |
Appendix | 549 |
9 Creative Responses | 248 |
10 Exploration of Creative Interests and Creativity Generation Creative Expertise | 293 |
11 The Role of Conceptions of Creative Interests and Associated Values and Principles in Guidance Management of Creative Development at the Met... | 353 |
Bibliography | 561 |
Index | 562 |