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Book Stimulating Creativity  Group procedures

Download or read book Stimulating Creativity Group procedures written by Morris Isaac Stein and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stimulating Creativity

    Book Details:
  • Author : Morris I. Stein
  • Publisher : Academic Press
  • Release : 2014-05-10
  • ISBN : 1483258068
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book Stimulating Creativity written by Morris I. Stein and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stimulating Creativity: Volume 1, Individual Procedures discusses the psychological and social factors affecting creativity, including techniques applicable in technological and consumer-related product areas. Creativity is a process consisting of three overlapping stages—hypothesis formation, hypothesis testing, and the communication of results. The book reviews past criteria of creativity, and then suggests techniques, based on social and psychological differentiating characteristics of creativity, that can stimulate creativity. The text also considers some procedures which the individual can use to stimulate creativity, or overcome blocks that stop creativity. The book explains in detail individual procedures, group procedures, as well the techniques appropriate in each stage of the creative process. The text notes that the creative process occurs in a social context, primarily manifested during the communication stage. The book considers the following group procedures for stimulating creativity, namely, brainstorming, creative problem-solving, synectics, and a personality-insight approach. Examples of programs employed in different companies or organization can free an individual from difficulties and problems, make him more receptive to other programs, or he can use these programs as basis to develop newer programs. The book can prove insightful for psychiatrists, psychologists, behavioral scientists, child educators, students or professors in psychology, for parents of young children or adolescents, and also for general readers interested in self-improvement.

Book Stimulating Creativity  Individual procedures

Download or read book Stimulating Creativity Individual procedures written by Morris Isaac Stein and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.1: Individual procedures; Plan of hte work; Theory and criteria; Individual procedures; Procedures for affecting the individual stages of the creative process; v.2: Group procedures; Other programs.

Book Group Creativity

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul B. Paulus
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2003-09-04
  • ISBN : 9780198033608
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Group Creativity written by Paul B. Paulus and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creativity often leads to the development of original ideas that are useful or influential, and maintaining creativity is crucial for the continued development of organizations in particular and society in general. Most research and writing has focused on individual creativity. Yet, in recent years there has been an increasing acknowledgment of the importance of the social and contextual factors in creativity. Even with the information explosion and the growing necessity for specialization, the development of innovations still requires group interaction at various stages in the creative process. Most organizations increasingly rely on the work of creative teams where each individual is an expert in a particular area. This volume summarizes the exciting new research developments on the processes involved in group creativity and innovation, and explores the relationship between group processes, group context, and creativity. It draws from a broad range of research perspectives, including those investigating cognition, groups, creativity, information systems, and organizational psychology. These different perspectives have been brought together in one volume in order to focus attention on this developing literature and its implications for theory and application. The chapters in this volume are organized into two sections. The first focuses on how group decision making is affected by factors such as cognitive fixation and flexibility, group diversity, minority dissent, group decision-making, brainstorming, and group support systems. Special attention is devoted to the various processes and conditions that can inhibit or facilitate group creativity. The second section explores how various contextual and environmental factors affect the creative processes of groups. The chapters explore issues of group autonomy, group socialization, mentoring, team innovation, knowledge transfer, and creativity at the level of cultures and societies. The research presented in this section makes it clear that a full understanding of group creativity cannot be accomplished without adequate attention to the group environment. It will be a useful source of information for scholars, practitioners, and students wishing to understand and facilitate group creativity.

Book Creativity in Groups

Download or read book Creativity in Groups written by Elizabeth A. Mannix and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creativity is being recognized as an important source of competitive advantage because a single creative idea that is both novel and useful may take an organization in a profitable new direction. This work aims to promote the burgeoning interest in group creativity by identifying new questions that will drive future research in this area.

Book Achieving Sustainability Using Creativity  Innovation  and Education

Download or read book Achieving Sustainability Using Creativity Innovation and Education written by Ziska Fields and published by Information Science Reference. This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on understanding creativity and innovation and how education can develop these cognitive abilities and skills, and on how education can be improved to meet future challenges and demands using creativity and innovation.

Book Discovering Creativity

Download or read book Discovering Creativity written by Stanley S. Gryskiewicz and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 1993 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conference proceedings contain the following papers: "Hard Organizational Development" (Anthony); "Positive Impact of Humor in the Workplace or TQM (Total Quality Mirth) in Organizations" (Collier); "Introducing the Integrated Programme for the Creative Training of Leaders" (Diaz-Carrera); "Vision of Quality versus the Quality Vision" (Green); "Flying High" (Musselwhite); "COMM=Unity" (Rose); "Seven Levels of Change Model" (Smith); "Creative Community Development" (Chwedorowicz); "Managing Diversity in Communication and Problem Solving with Effective Levels of Abstraction" (Murdock); "Entrepreneurs" (Rosenfeld et al.); "Learnings from Selection" (Tassoul); "Fire This Time" (Barnes); "Creating Breakthroughs in Organizations" (Collier); "Process Explorations with Cyberquest" (Dickey, DiDomizio); "Hypermedia System for Discovery and Innovation Support" (Dickey et al.); "Teaching Creativity by Distance Learning Methods" (Jones); "Change as a Creative Catalyst" (Miguez); "Learning to Create Shared Vision" (Musselwhite, De Ciantis); "'What I Tell Two Times Is True'" (Cimino); "Touchstone" (De Ciantis); "Art and Discipline of Debriefing" (Lunken); "Leadership Development Theory and a Model for Intervention in the Development of Leaders" (Palus, Drath); "Risk-taking and Innovation Performance" (Prather); "Work Environment Differences between High Creativity and Low Creativity Projects" (Amabile et al.); "Discovering the Unseen Leader" (Burkhart, Horth); "Introducing a Creativity Improvement Program for the Federal Express I.S. Organization" (Couger et al.);"Creativity in Project Work" (Ekvall); "MBTI [Myers-Briggs Type Indicator] and KAI [Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory] Bias on Creativity Courses" (Henry); "Inquiry into Cross-cultural Creativity Training" (Isaksen, Dorval); "Dynamic Nature of Creative Problem Solving" (Isaksen et al.); "Profiling Creativity" (Isaksen, Puccio); "New Insights into Different Styles of Creativity" (Jones); "Managing Creative People at Work" (McWhinney); "World of Ideas" (Morgan); "Bridging Theory and Practice" (Murdock et al.); "Critical Thinking" (Novelli, Taylor); "Creating Together" (Possne); "Relationship between the KAI and the MBTI Creativity Index" (Taylor); "Creativity East and West" (Wonder); "Creativity Research at the Delft Institute of Technology" (Buijs, Nauta); "On Becoming a Facilitator" (Buijs, Nauta); "Innovation in the U.S. Military" (Clauson); "Creating an Innovation Course in a Large Corporation" (Jimenez); "Promoting Targeted Innovation in Japan through R&D [Research and Development] Division Liaison between Different Industries" (Kurebayashi); "Developing Creativity in Japanese Companies" (Nakazono); and "Innovative and Creative Change" (Tanner). (KC)

Book Make  Learn  Succeed

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Gura
  • Publisher : International Society for Technology in Education
  • Release : 2016-06-06
  • ISBN : 1564846032
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book Make Learn Succeed written by Mark Gura and published by International Society for Technology in Education. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to adequately prepare students for success in their lifetimes, our schools need to be transformed into environments that encourage students to evolve and develop as creative individuals. Educators are challenged to establish an instructional practice that will encourage and support the development of student creativity as well as meet curricular goals and assessments. In this book, author Mark Gura shows that yes, creativity can be developed and—with the variety of technology resources currently available—doing so is not only possible, but practical and effective. Through examples and practical approaches the book guides educators in: • weaving Maker, STEAM, Robotics, and Gaming into Instruction • encouraging motivation, entrepreneurship, curiosity, and play • teaching creativity across the curriculum • finding technology tools and resources to support student creativity

Book Consciousness and Creativity in Artificial Intelligence

Download or read book Consciousness and Creativity in Artificial Intelligence written by Jon-Arild Johannessen and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-27 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Industry 4.0 accelerating AI, synthetic knowledge and creativity, Consciousness and Creativity in Artificial Intelligence posits a central question: “Under what conditions can intelligent robots develop creativity?”.

Book Revisiting the Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation for Cognition  Evidence  Challenges  and Open Questions

Download or read book Revisiting the Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation for Cognition Evidence Challenges and Open Questions written by Evangelia G. Chrysikou and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this Frontiers Research Topic is to assemble a collection of papers from experts in the field of non‐invasive brain stimulation that will discuss (1) the strength of the evidence regarding the potential of tDCS to modulate different aspects of cognition; (2) methodological caveats associated with the technique that may account for the variability in the reported findings; and (3) a set of challenges and future directions for the use of tDCS that can determine its potential as a reliable method for cognitive rehabilitation, maintenance, or enhancement.

Book Creativity

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sing Lau
  • Publisher : World Scientific
  • Release : 2004-08-02
  • ISBN : 981448282X
  • Pages : 452 pages

Download or read book Creativity written by Sing Lau and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ' What actually is creativity? And what contributes to its conceptualization and development? For decades, these and other questions have fascinated researchers, educators, parents and laypeople alike, and equally so in the East and West. This interesting collection of articles is an attempt at exploring and answering the above questions from both the Eastern and Western perspectives. Readers may find some answers stimulating, and others bewildering. This is in fact the reality and fascination of creativity research and education. It is hoped that readers will share the joy of reading such a road map. Contents:Creativity: A Meeting Between the East and the West (S Lau et al.)Personal Creativity and Culture (M Runco)Creativity: Developmental and Cross-Cultural Issues (T I Lubart & A Georgsdottir)Creativity Among Chinese People: Beyond Western Perspective (E Rudowicz)Why is There a Paradox in Promoting Creativity in the Asian Classroom? (A K Ng & I Smith)Creativity and Innovation: East-West Comparisons with an Emphasis on Chinese Societies (K Leung et al.)Progress from Traditional to Creativity Education in Chinese Societies (V M Y Cheng)Recognizing and Nurturing Creativity in Chinese Students (J-J Wu)The Social Psychology of Creativity: The Beginnings of a Multicultural Perspective (B A Hennessey)Beauty is in the Eye of the Creator — A Psychological and Cross-Cultural Account of Children's Understanding of Pictorial Art (S F Lin)Blue Apples and Purple Oranges: When Children Paint Like Picasso (K C Soh)Singapore's Creativity Education: A Framework of Fostering Constructive Creativity (A-G Tan)Inspiring Creativity Through Music (M Adachi & Y Chino)Creativity and Multiple Intelligences: The DISCOVER Project and Research (C J Maker)Nurturing Creative Thinking: Western Approaches and Eastern Issues (G J Puccio & D W González) Readership: Students, instructors, researchers and professionals in education, Asian culture/politics/society and psychology. Keywords:Creativity;East;West;Culture;Creative Thinking;Chinese;Asia;Education;PsychologyReviews:“A particularly impressive feature of this book is the cultural diversity and regional variations represented by the range of authors … this book extended my understanding of the relationship between culture and creativity through the presentation of central theories and solid empirical evidence. It is also a good general reference book for anyone who is interesting in studying creativity or other topics with a cultural theme.”American Journal of Psychology '

Book Phenomenology of Creativity

Download or read book Phenomenology of Creativity written by Samad Seyidov and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents a contrasting study of the views of ancient Indian, Chinese, Greek, Middle Eastern, and Russian philosophers on creativity. It also discusses the subject of creativity as viewed by Freud, Jung, Adler, the Gestalt school, and other prominent Western psychologists. A special place is provided for an overview of the history of Soviet psychology, and of the revival of psychology in Azerbaijan after the fall of the Soviet Union. The author emphasizes the importance of the social environment in determining the development of the personality. He states that most personal activity is directed at serving the values of the surrounding society, not the values of the person himself. The author considers that creativity is a psychic defense mechanism which people use to solve everyday problems in order to restore their inner and outer equilibrium. Samad Seyidovs study of creativity comes at the right time and from the right place. Not only are we passing through a period of rapid change, particularly in such fields as nanotechnology, neuroscience, physiological psychology, and genetics, but also the participants in this change are no longer limited to a small group of western countries, but are increasingly appearing in different parts of the world. If the social upheaval that these changes are having in established societies is great, it is even greater in newly emerging societies. Are we equipped to manage these changes, and can the creative arts and sciences join to interpret them, drawing on their varied traditions in order to do so? That is surely the vital question that we carry away from Professor Seyidovs important study of personality and creativity. Prof. Eleni Karamalengu, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Book Simple Art  45 Creative Art Activities for Children

Download or read book Simple Art 45 Creative Art Activities for Children written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Unleash Your Creative Genius

Download or read book Unleash Your Creative Genius written by Sergio Rijo and published by SERGIO RIJO. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unleash Your Creative Genius: Tapping into Your Innate Imagination and Innovation" is a transformative journey into the world of creativity and innovation. In this comprehensive guide, you'll discover the keys to unlocking your innate imaginative potential and tapping into the wellspring of innovative thinking that resides within you. Drawing upon a rich tapestry of insights, strategies, and practical techniques, this book takes you step-by-step through the process of cultivating and nurturing your creative genius. From understanding the psychology of creative thinking to embracing failure as a stepping stone, each chapter offers valuable tools to ignite your creative spark. Explore the art of expanding your imagination, finding inspiration in unexpected places, and breaking through common creative blocks. Delve into the realm of cross-disciplinary thinking, and learn how to harness the power of divergent thinking to generate innovative ideas. Discover the significance of emotional intelligence in the creative process and explore strategies to communicate your ideas effectively to a wide range of audiences. Embracing a holistic approach, the book also addresses the role of mindfulness, observation, and even play in stimulating creative connections. It offers insights into creating within constraints and leveraging the iterative process for continuous refinement. Additionally, the book explores the intersection of ethics and innovation, emphasizing the importance of using your creative abilities for positive societal impact. As you journey through the pages of "Unleash Your Creative Genius," you'll find inspiration and guidance to forge a lifelong path of creative exploration. Whether you're an artist seeking fresh inspiration, an entrepreneur striving to foster innovative solutions, or simply an individual eager to enhance your problem-solving skills, this book equips you with the tools to tap into your full creative potential. Prepare to embark on a transformative voyage of self-discovery and innovation—an odyssey that promises to forever change the way you approach creativity.

Book Sustainable City and Creativity

Download or read book Sustainable City and Creativity written by Tüzin Baycan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of 'creative cities' - where cultural activities and creative and cultural industries play a crucial role in supporting urban creativity and contributing to the new creative economy - has become central to most regional and urban development strategies in recent years. A creative city is supposed to develop imaginative and innovative solutions to a range of social, economic and environmental problems: economic stagnancy, urban shrinkage, social segregation, global competition or more. Cities and regions around the world are trying to develop, facilitate or promote concentrations of creative, innovative and/or knowledge-intensive industries in order to become more competitive. These places are seeking new strategies to combine economic development with quality of place that will increase economic productivity and encourage growth. Against this increasing interest in creative cities, this volume offers a coherent set of articles on sustainable and creative cities, and addresses modern theories and concepts relating to research on sustainability and creativity. It analyses principles and practices of the creative city for the formulation of policies and recommendations towards the sustainable city. It brings together leading academics with different approaches from different disciplines to provide a comprehensive and holistic overview of creativity and sustainability of the city, linking research and practice. In doing so, it puts forward ideas about stimulating the production of an innovative knowledge for a creative and sustainable city, and transforming a specific knowledge into a general common knowledge, which suggests best future policy actions, decision-making processes and choices for the change towards a human sustainable development of the city.

Book My Creative Space

    Book Details:
  • Author : Donald M. Rattner
  • Publisher : Skyhorse
  • Release : 2019-10-15
  • ISBN : 1510736719
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book My Creative Space written by Donald M. Rattner and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 48 Techniques to Boost Your Creativity at Home, According to Science Creativity isn’t all in your head. Sometimes it’s in what's around you—especially when you’re at home. For over twenty years, scientists have been discovering connections between our physical surroundings and the creative mind. Written by a noted architect, My Creative Space is the first book to turn this rich trove of psychological research into practical techniques for shaping a home that will boost your creativity. Here’s a sampling of the techniques you’ll learn about: Which colors lead to peak creative performance How furniture affects idea flow Pros and cons of messy versus neat environments Optimal lighting and noise levels for achieving insights How memorabilia can break creative logjams Why ceiling height matters Which scents improve creative problem solving And more Illustrating the book's 48 techniques are over 200 high-quality photos of interiors from around the world, many the work of top-tier architects, designers, and creatives. Whether you pursue creativity for pleasure or profit, whether you’re a writer, entrepreneur, work in a creative industry, or simply enjoy doing creative things, this book will help you do them better. No prior expertise in design psychology required! *Winner, 2019 Gold Medal Award, Nonfiction Authors Association