...Robert J. Sternberg; Todd I. Lubart This article presents an investment theory of creativity. The theory comprises 6 resources for creativity – intellectual processes, knowledge, intellectual style, personality, motivation, and environmental context. Creative performance results from a confluence...

...Amir Cohen-Shalev This article addresses the life-span development of artistic creativity, anchored in the notion of a core dilemma. Such a dilemma, which incorporates and defines a range of conflicts, undergoes a series of transformations in the course of an artist’s career. In the works...

...Rick E. Robinson Starting from recent work in the psychology of giftedness and creativity, this essay attempts to integrate a number of diverse theories and ideas into a conception that emphasizes the importance of productive activity for development across the life span. Three major concepts...

...Leon Rappoport The autobiography of Fritz Heider [The life of a psychologist; University Press of Kansas, Lawrence 1983] is reviewed and discussed from the standpoint of current knowledge about creativity and adult development. The thematic contours of his life course, including a prolonged...

... and exchange with the environment. An analysis of the subject-object relation (fundamental to both theories), based on clinical studies of the individual’s symbol formation in particular, leads to an integrated view of mental creativity: the sublimation process is viewed as a neogenesis of sexuality, which...

...Jean Gasen Romaniuk; Michael Romaniuk Research in creativity is discussed with particular emphasis on the problems encountered in assessing creativity from a life-span developmental framework. Misinterpretations of previous research, stemming from the confusion between creative capacity...

... Creative Abilities and Self-Esteem across the Adult Life-Span Gail A. Jaquish and Richard E. Ripple Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Key Words. Adult development Age differences Cognitive ability Creativity Self-esteem Abstract. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between...

...Carrie W. Crosson; Elizabeth A. Robertson-Tchabo The relationship between age and creativity among a sample of 271 manifestly creative women aged 23–87 years was studied. Creativity, as measured by scores on the Barron-Welsh Art Scales, showed no significant negative correlation with age. However...

... to in the content or advertisements. Cognitive development Creativity Play Problem-solving social development Developmental Issue Hum. Dev. 25: 443-447 (1982) Current Issues in the Study of Children s Play Debra J. Peplera, Kenneth H. Rubinb University of Toronto, Mississauga. Ont.. Canada...

... interpretations capture a rich variety of performances during childhood, they fail to represent adequately the thought and emotions of mature and creative persons. For an interpretation of adulthood and aging, a return to the dialectic basis is necessary. Such a reorganization can proceed from any of the four...

...Patricia K. Alpaugh; James E. Birren The purpose of this study was to examine sex differences of young, middle-aged, and older adults in creative problem solving and preference for complexity of visual figures and to explore the part degree of sex role identification might play in this relationship...

...Patricia K. Alpaugh; James E. Birren The purpose of this study was to explore possible explanations of the decline in old age of highly creative contributions. This present study examined whether two explanations were more important than decrements in intelligence. These were (1) decrements...

... in music, no intervention. Finally, level of thematic play and performance on creativity tests were assessed again. Results were in the predicted directions. 18 12 2009 © 1973 S. Karger AG, Basel 1973 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...

...David Henry Feldman Consciousness Creativity Figurative/operative Intentionality Theory Commentary Human Development 2008;51:196 201 DOI: 10.1159/000135756 Darwin? Lamarck? Piaget? All of the Above? Commentary on Joe Becker David Henry Feldman Tufts University, Medford, Mass., USA Key...

... generalized others but also specific others in their mind and could refine their performance based on these models. How experts can be creative in spite of a set of constraints posed by the culture is discussed. 18 5 2001 © 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel 2001 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer...