The international handbook of creativity / edited by James C. Kaufman, Robert J. Sternberg. - xii, 526 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements; List of contributors; 1. Introduction Robert J. Sternberg; 2. Creativity research in English-speaking countries John Baer and James C. Kaufman; 3. Creativity in Latin America: views from psychology, humanities and the arts David D. Preiss and Katherine Strasser; 4. History of creativity in Spain Candido Genovard, Maria Dolores Prieto, Maria Rosario Bermejo and Carmen Ferrandiz; 5. Past, present, and future perspectives on creativity in France and French-speaking Switzerland Christophe Mouchiroud and Todd I. Lubart; 6. Creativity in Italy Alessandro Antonietti and Cesare Cornoldi; 7. Creativity research in German-speaking countries Siegfried Preiser; 8. Creativity under the Northern Lights: perspectives from Scandinavia Gudmund J. W. Smith and Ingegerd Carlsson; 9. Creativity in Soviet-Russian psychology Olga Stepanossova and Elena L. Grigorenko; 10. Creativity studies in Poland Edward Necka, Magdalena Grohman and Aleksandra Slabosz; 11. Research on creativity in Israel: a chronicle of theoretical and empirical development Roberta M. Milgram and Nava L. Livne; 12. Creativity in Turkey and Turkish-speaking countries Gunseli Oral; 13. Development of creativity research in Chinese societies: a comparison of mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore Weihua Niu; 14. Creativity - a sudden rising star in Korea In-Soo Choe; 15. Culture and facets of creativity: the Indian experience Girishwar Misra, Ashok K. Srivastava and Indiwar Misra; 16. African perspectives on creativity Elias Mpofu, Kathleen Myambo, Andrew A. Mogaji, Teresa-Anne Mashego and Omar H. Khaleefa; 17. Creativity around the world in 80 ways ... but with one destination Dean Keith Simonton; Author index; Subject index.

This 2006 book presents a diverse set of perspectives on the psychology of human creativity.

College of Arts and Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

0521838428 (hardcover) 0521547318 (pbk.) 0521547318 9780521547314

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Creative ability--Cross-cultural studies.
Culture.

GN453 / .I58 2006

153.35 In82