Description
The first edition of the successful Encyclopedia of Creativity, Two Volume Set served to establish the study of creativity is a field in itself. Now completely updated and revised in its second edition, coverage encompasses the definition of creativity, the development and expression of creativity across the lifespan, the environmental conditions that encourage or discourage creativity, creativity within specific disciplines like music, dance, film, art, literature, etc., the relationship of creativity and mental health, intelligence, and learning styles, and the process of being creative. This reference also appeals to a lay audience with articles specifically on the application of creativity to business settings. Available online via ScienceDirect and in limited print release.
- Named a 2012 Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association's Choice publication
- Serves as a compendium of reviews of a number of domain-specific areas, such as acting, dance, expressive arts, film, food, music, religion, science, sports, theater, and writing.
- Creativity and education are examined in articles about thought processes, such as developmental trends in creative abilities and potentials, the enhancement of creativity, intelligence, knowledge, play, prodigies, programs and courses, talent and teaching creativity.
- Cognitive aspects of creativity can be investigated in articles about altered and transitional states, analogies, attention, cognitive style, divergent thinking, flow and optimal experience, metacognition, metaphors, problem-finding, problem-solving, and remote associates.
- Covers business and organizational creativity in articles about advertising with art, creative visuals, business/management, creativity coaching, creativity exercises, entrepreneurship, group dynamics, innovation, leadership, organizational culture, organizational development, teams, and training, among others.
- Explicitly examines the complex interrelationship between society and creativity in articles about awards, conformity and conventionality, the creative sector and class of society, cultural diversity, the dark side of creativity, East vs. West, networking, social psychology, war, zeitgeist, and others.
- Personal and interpersonal creativity is discussed in articles relating to collaboration, family, life stages, mentors, networking, personal creativity and self-actualization.
- Focuses on scientific information about creativity, there are also articles that discuss brain and neuropsychology, concepts of creativity, definitions of creativity, expertise, longitudinal studies, researching art, artists and art audiences, research methods, phenomenology research and qualitative research.
- Online version contains an additional 26 biographies of famously creative people
Table of Contents
ActingAdaptation and CreativityAdvertisingAestheticsAgingAltered and Transitional StatesAnalogiesArchitecture, Modern WesternArt and AestheticsArt, Artists And Arts audiencesAssociative TheoryAsynchronicityAttentionAttitudesAttribution and CreativityAurobindo, SriAwardsBarriers to CreativityBeatlesBeethoven, LudwigBehavioral Approaches to CreativityBell, Alexander Graham*Bipolar DisorderBirth OrderBohm, DavidBrain and NeuropsychologyBronte Sisters*Business/ ManagementCassatt, MaryChaos Theory and CreativityCarroll, Lewis*Cezanne, Paul*Chaplin, CharlieChild, JuliaClaudel, CamilleCognitive Style and CreativityCollaborationComponential ModelsComputers and CreativityConcepts of Creativity: A historyConformity and ConventionalityConfusiousismConsensual AssessmentContrarianismCreative ClimateCreative Environments, Conditions, and SettingsCreative Products Creativity ComplexCreativity through HistoryCrime and CreativityCritical ThinkingCross-Cultural DifferencesCurie, Marie Sklodowska*Dance and CreativityDark Side of CreativityDarwin, Charles Robert*DaVinci, Leonardo*Definitions of CreativityDesignDevelopmental Trends in Creative Abilities and PotentialsDevianceDialectical Thinking: Implications for Creative ThinkingDineson, Isak*DiscoveryDistribution of CreativityDivergent ThinkingDiversity,CulturalDomains of CreativityDreams and CreativityEast vs. WestEccentricityEconomic Perspectives on CreativityEducationEinstein, Albert*EminenceEmotion/AffectEnhancement of CreativityEntrepreneurEveryday CreativityEvolving Systems ApproachExercisesExpertiseExpressive Arts TheoryFamilies and CreativityFilmFitzgerald, EllaFlow and Optimal ExperienceFood, Creativity of Recipes, Pairings, MenusFreud, Sigmund*Friendship and CreativityGandhi, MahatmaGender DifferencesGeneticsGenius and GreatnessGiftedness and CreativityGroup DynamicsHadyn, JosephHandwriting and CreativityHepburn, KatharineHeuristicsHistoriometryHopper, Grace MurrayHumorImaginationImplicit TheoriesImprovisationIncubationInnovation InsightIntelligence (relation to creativity)Interest InventoriesIntuitionInvention Janusian, Homospatial and Sepconic Articulation ProcessesJoyce, JamesJungian TheoryKahlo, FridaKnowledgeKrebs, Hans Adolf*Kurosawa, AkiraLeadershipLife StagesLogic and ReasoningLongitudinal StudiesMad Genius ControversyMatthew, Pygmalion, and Founder EffectsMead, MargaretMemory & CreativityMental Health: Affective DisordersMentorsMetacognitionMetaphorsMichelangeloMindfulnessMonet, ClaudeMoral Issues in CreativityMotivationMultiple DiscoveryMultiple IntelligencesMusicNature/Nurture and CreativityNetworkingNoveltyO'Keefe, Georgia*Organisational DevelopmentOrganizational culture OverexcitabilitiesParadigm ShiftsPerception and CreativityPersonal CreativityPersonality: Autonomy and Independence PerspectivesPessoa, Fernando*Piaget, Jean*PicassoPlath, Sylvia*Play (Creative processes in)PoetryProblem FindingProblem SolvingProdigiesPrograms and Courses in CreativityPsycholinguisticsRank, Otto Remote AssociatesResearch MethodsResearch: QualitativeResearch: QuantitativeRewardsRisk-takingSchizophrenia and PsychosisSchumann, ClaraSchumann, Robert*Science (Creativity In)Self-ActualizationSerendipitySexton, Anne*Shakespeare, William*Shaw, George Bernard* Social PsychologySociobiologySocio-Economic StatusSpiritualitySports and CreativitySteiglitz, AlfredStress and CreativitySubstance Abuse and CreativitySuicideSynaesthesiaSynchronicitySystems ApproachTactics and Strategies for CreativityTagore, Rabindranath*Talent and CreativityTeaching CreativityTeamsTeasdale, SaraTesting/Measurement/AssessmentThe Creative Sector and Class of SocietyThe Four Ps of Creativity: Person, Product, Process, and PressTheatre Theories of CreativityTherapy and Counselling (Creative Processes In)TimeToulouse-Latrec, Henri de*TrainingTrajectoriesTransforming Illness and Visual ArtUnconsciousUnderacheivement van Gogh, Vincent*Vygotsky, Lev Semenovich*War Wertheimer, MaxWomen and CreativityWoolf, Virginia*Wordsworth, William*Wright, Wilbur and Orville*Writing and CreativityZeitgeistZen*Denotes online-only article
