Handbook of Creativity [Paperback]

Comprehensive and definitive review of the field of creativity.The Handbook of Creativity provides a comprehensive, definitive, and authoritative single-volume review of t he entire field of creativity. Twenty-two chapters introduce the field and deal with methods in studying creativity, origins of creativity, the self and environment in creativity, special topics in creativity, and conclusions. Each of the essays are written to be accessible to all educated readers.The Handbook of Creativity provides a comprehensive, definitive, and authoritative single-volume review of t he entire field of creativity. Twenty-two chapters introduce the field and deal with methods in studying creativity, origins of creativity, the self and environment in creativity, special topics in creativity, and conclusions. Each of the essays are written to be accessible to all educated readers.The goal of this handbook is to provide the most comprehensive, definitive, and authoritative single-volume review available in the field of creativity. The book contains twenty-two chapters covering a wide range of issues and topics in the field of creativity, all written by distinguished leaders in the field. The volume is divided into six parts. The introduction sets out the major themes and reviews the history of thinking about creativity. Subsequent parts deal with methods, origins, self and environment, special topics and conclusions. All educated readers with an interest in creative thinking will find this volume to be accessible and engrossing.Part I. Introduction: 1. The concept of creativity: prospects and paradigms Robert J. Sternberg and Todd Lubart; 2. A history of research on creativity Robert S. Albert and Mark Runco; Part II. Methods for Studying Creativity: 3. Psychometric approaches to the study of human creativity Jonathan A. Plucker and Joseph Renzulli; 4. Experimental studies of creativity Mark Runco and Shawn Okuda Sakamoto; 5. The case study method and evolving systems approach folC9