Creativity

Professor Vernon covers a wide variety of works; studies of genius and of highly talented children; the nature of inspiration in the arts and sciences, illustrated by introspective material by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Stephen Spender and Henri Poincare; attempts to measure creative talents by 'open-ended' or 'divergent thinking' tests; the personality of the creative individual; and the effect of education or special training on the development of creativity. - Introduction - Part One: Pioneer Empirical Studies 1. M. I. Stein and S. J. Heinze (1960), "A Summary of Galton's _Hereditary Genius_" 2. L. M. Terman (1947), "Psychological Approaches to the Biography of Genius" 3. Anne Roe (1952), "A Psychologist Examines Sixty-Four Eminent Scientists" - Part Two: Introspective Materials 4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (c. 1789), "A Letter" 5. Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1878), "Letters" 6. Stephen Spender (1946), "The Making of a Poem" 7. H. Poincaré (1924), "Mathematical Creation" - Part Three: Theoretical Contributions 8. G. Wallas (1926), "The Art of Thought" 9. F. C. Bartlett (1958), "Adventurous Thinking" 10. E. W. Sinnott (1959), "The Creativeness of Life" 11. A. J. Cropley (1967), "S-R Psychology and Cognitive Psychology" 12. S. Freud (1908), "Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming" 13. C. R. Rogers (1954), "Towards a Theory of Creativity" - Part Four: Psychometric Approaches 14. T. A. Razik (1967), "Psychometric Measurement of Creativity" 15. J. P. Guilford (1959), "Traits of Creativity" 16. J. W. Getzels and P. W. Jackson (1963), "The Highly Intelligent and the Highly Creative Adolescent" 17. Cyrus L. Burt (1962), "Critical Notice" 18. L. Hudson (1966), "The Question of Creativity" 19. M. A. Wallach and N. Kogan (1965), "A New Look at the Creativity-Intelligence Distinction" 20. R. J. Shapiro (1968), "The Criterion Problem" - Part Five: Personality Studies 21. F. Barron (1955), "The Disposition towards Originality" 22. D. W. MacKinnon (1962), "The Personality Correlates of Creativity: A Study of American Architects" 23. Raymond B. Cattell and H. J. Butcher (1968), "Creativity and Personality" 24. C. W. Taylor and R. L. Ellison (1964), "Prediction of Creativity with the Biographical Inventory" - Part Six Stimulating Creativity 25. S. J. Parnes, "Education and Creativity" 26. E. P. Torrance (1962), "Causes for Concern" 27. F. A. Haddon and H. Lytton (1968), "Teaching Approach and Divergent Thinking Abilities" - Further Reading - Acknowledgments - Author Index - Subject Index