
Creativity In Context
Update To The Social Psychology Of Creativity
Teresa M. Amabile(Author)
Westview Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 7. June 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-8133-3034-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book preserves the original content and provides some insight into recent developments in the social psychology of creativity. It begins to study the ways in which social factors can serve to maintain creativity and cognitive mechanisms by which motivation might have an impact on creativity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-3034-1 (9780813330341)
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Person
Teresa M. Amabile is professor of business administration at Harvard University.
Content
Preface to the Updated Edition -- Preface to the 1983 Edition -- Understanding and Assessing Creativity -- The Case for a Social Psychology of Creativity -- The Meaning and Measurement of Creativity -- A Consensual Technique for Creativity Assessment -- A Theoretical Framework -- Social and Environmental Influences -- Effects of Evaluation on Creativity -- Effects of Reward and Task Constraint -- Social Facilitation, Modeling, and Motivational Orientation -- Other Social and Environmental Influences -- Implications -- Implications for Enhancing Creativity -- Toward a Comprehensive Psychology of Creativity -- About the Book and Author -- Credits