The Wiley Handbook of Genius
Published on 27. May 2014
680 pages
978-1-118-36735-3 (ISBN)
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With contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of expertcontributors, this is the first handbook to discuss all aspects ofgenius, a topic that endlessly provokes and fascinates.
* The first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius withcontributions from a multi-disciplinary group of experts
* Covers the origins, characteristics, careers, and consequencesof genius with a focus on cognitive science, individualdifferences, life-span development, and social context
* Explores individual genius, creators, leaders, and performersas diverse as Queen Elizabeth I, Simón Bolívar, MohandasGandhi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leo Tolstoy, John William Coltrane,Georgia O'Keeffe, and Martha Graham.
* Utilizes a variety of approaches--from genetics,neuroscience, and longitudinal studies to psychometric tests,interviews, and case studies--to provide a comprehensivetreatment of the subject
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"A short review cannot do justice to all of these diverse contributions, which reflect the full range of approaches on Gordon Allport's idiographic to nomothetic dimension, entail varying degrees of mathematical and statistical analysis, offer differing views on the nature-nurture question, and concern themselves with innumerable varieties of genius and its components. Few readers (apart from reviewers) are likely to devour this book from cover to cover, but it is safe to say that almost everyone will find something within it to capture their attention, to agree with or to question, and above all to ponder with interest." (PsycCRITIQUES, 27 April 2015)More details
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Dean Keith Simonton is Distinguished Professor ofPsychology at the University of California, Davis. His researchconcerns various aspects of genius, creativity, leadership, talent,and aesthetics. Simonton's numerous honors include theWilliam James Book Award, the Sir Francis Galton Award forOutstanding Contributions to the Study of Creativity, the RudolfArnheim Award for Outstanding Achievement in Psychology and theArts, the SPSP Theoretical Innovation Prize, the George A. MillerOutstanding Article Award, and three Mensa Awards for Excellence inResearch. He has produced more than 460 publications, includingmore than a dozen books. His most recent books include TheSocial Science of Cinema (2014), Great Flicks: ScientificStudies of Cinematic Creativity and Aesthetics (2011), andGenius 101 (2009).
Content
List of Contributors ix
Preface xvii
Part I Perspectives 1
1 The Genius in History: Historiographic Explorations 3
Laura C. Ball
2 The Psychobiography of Genius 20
William Todd Schultz
3 Interviewing Highly Eminent Creators 33
Jeanne Nakamura and Jeff Fajans
4 Psychometric Studies of Scientific Talent and Eminence62
Gregory J. Feist
5 Historiometric Studies of Genius 87
Dean Keith Simonton
Part II Processes 107
6 The Neuroscience of Creative Genius 109
Nancy C. Andreasen and Kanchna Ramchandran
7 Artistic Genius and Creative Cognition 120
Paul Thagard
8 Case Studies of Genius: Ordinary Thinking, ExtraordinaryOutcomes 139
Robert W. Weisberg
9 Virtual Genius 166
David Cope
Part III Attributes 183
10 Varieties of Genius 185
Robert J. Sternberg and Stacey L. Bridges
11 Cognitive Disinhibition, Creativity, and Psychopathology198
Shelley H. Carson
12 Openness to Experience 222
Robert R. McCrae and David M. Greenberg
13 Political and Military Geniuses: Psychological Profiles andResponses to Stress 244
Peter Suedfeld
Part IV Origins 267
14 Genetics of Intellectual and Personality Traits Associatedwith Creative Genius: Could Geniuses Be Cosmobian Dragon Kings?269
Wendy Johnson and Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr.
15 Child Prodigies and Adult Genius: A Weak Link 297
Ellen Winner
16 Creative Genius: A View from the Expert-Performance Approach321
K. Anders Ericsson
17 Cognitive Processes and Development of Chess Genius: AnIntegrative Approach 350
Guillermo Campitelli, Fernand Gobet, and MerimBilali´c
18 Diversifying Experiences in the Development of Genius andtheir Impact on Creative Cognition 375
Rodica Ioana Damian and Dean Keith Simonton
Part V Trajectories 395
19 The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth at Maturity:Insights into Elements of Genius 397
Harrison J. Kell and David Lubinski
20 Age and Scientific Genius 422
Benjamin F. Jones, E.J. Reedy, and Bruce A. Weinberg
21 Musical Creativity over the Lifespan 451
Aaron Kozbelt
22 Literary Geniuses: Their Life, Work, and Death 473
Alexander S. McKay and James C. Kaufman
23 Lifetime Biopsychosocial Trajectories of the Terman GiftedChildren: Health, Well-Being, and Longevity 488
Katherine A. Duggan and Howard S. Friedman
Part VI Contexts 509
24 Evaluating Excellence in the Arts 511
Victor Ginsburgh and Sheila Weyers
25 The Systems Model of Creativity and Its Applications533
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
26 Openness to Scientific Innovation 546
Frank J. Sulloway
27 Prominent Modern Artists: Determinants of Creativity564
Christiane Hellmanzik
28 Genius in World Civilization 586
Charles Murray
Part VII Prospects 609
29 Does Genius Science Have a Future History? 611
Dean Keith Simonton
Appendix 619
Index 629
Color plate section is between pages 170 and 171
