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Explaining creativity : the science of human innovation / R. Keith Sawyer.
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Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)
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Book
Language
English
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2nd ed.
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New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Description
xi, 555 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Engineering Library - Stacks
BF408 .S284 2012
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Creative ability
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Explaining Creativity is an accessible introduction to the latest scientific research on creativity. The book summarizes and integrates a broad range of research in psychology and related scientific fields. In the last 40 years, psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists have devoted increased attention to creativity; we now know more about creativity than at any point in history. Explaining Creativity considers not only arts like painting and writing, but also science, stage performance, business innovation, and creativity in everyday life. Sawyer's approach is interdisciplinary. In addition to examining psychological studies on creativity, he draws on anthropologists' research on creativity in non-Western cultures, sociologists' research on the situations, contexts, and networks of creative activity, and cognitive neuroscientists' studies of the brain. He moves beyond the individual to consider the social and cultural contexts of creativity, including the role of collaboration in the creative process.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-531) and index.
Contents
Conceptions. Introduction ; Conceptions of creativity
Individualist approaches. Defining creativity through assessment ; The creative personality ; The creative process, part 1 ; The creative process, part 2 ; The creative process, part 3 ; Computer simulations of the creative process ; Biology and creativity ; Cognitive neuroscience and creativity
Sociocultural approaches. The sociology of creativity ; Group creativity ; Organizational creativity ; Culture and creativity ; History and creativity
Creativity in the domains. Visual arts ; Writing ; Music ; Theater ; Science
Everyday creativity. Education and creativity ; How to be more creative ; Conclusion: the future of creativity.
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ISBN
9780199737574 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0199737576 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780199838202 ((electronic bk.))
0199838208
LCCN
2011014066
OCLC
712591132
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