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The nature of creative development

The Nature of Creative Development explores how creative individuals come to have ideas, pursue projects, and make contributions to society. The author pays specific attention to the ways in which creativity grows out of and is sparked by personal interests and experiences. Many creative individuals are addressed throughout the book, including Virginia Woolf, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Ray Kroc, and Piet Mondrian
eBook, English, 2006
Stanford Business Books, Stanford, Calif., 2006
1 online resource (xvii, 572 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
9780804784498, 0804784493
823738944
Introduction
Creative interests and conceptions of creative interests
The development of creative interests
Intrinsic sources of interest
Extrinsic and strategic factors in the development of creative interests
Kinds of creative interests
The distinctiveness and breadth of creative interests
Resonances and connections
Creative responses
Exploration of creative interests and creativity generation : creative expertise
The role of conceptions of creative interests and associated values and principles in guidance : management of creative development at the meta-level
Creativity in projects
Multiple interests
Patterns of creative development: patterns of projects : projects and interests
Patterns of creative development : evolution of interests and sequences of interests
Difficulties in creative development
Creative development and linkages of cultural transmission : modeling cultural development
Epilogue : modeling individuals in social systems
English
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