Table of Contents

1	Introduction	1
2	Creative interests and conceptions of creative interests	36
3	The development of creative interests	62
4	Intrinsic sources of interest	107
5	Extrinsic and strategic factors in the development of creative interests	134
6	Kinds of creative interests	160
7	The distinctiveness and breadth of creative interests	182
8	Resonances and connections	224
9	Creative responses	248
10	Exploration of creative interests and creativity generation; creative expertise	293
11	The role of conceptions of creative interests and associated values and principles in guidance; management of creative development at the meta-level	353
12	Creativity in projects	388
13	Multiple interests	425
14	Patterns of creative development : patterns of projects; projects and interests	444
15	Patterns of creative development : evolution of interests and sequences of interests	463
16	Difficulties in creative development	505
17	Creative development and linkages of cultural transmission : modeling cultural development	522
18	Epilogue : modeling individuals in social systems	543

The Nature of Creative Development by Jonathan S. Feinstein

• 600pp

TEXTBOOK INFORMATION

• ISBN-13: 9780804761246
• Edition Description: New Edition
• Edition Number: 1
• Pub. Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Stanford University Press

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• Pub. Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Format: Textbook Paperback, 600pp

• ISBN-13: 9780804761246
• ISBN: 0804761248
• Edition Number: 1
• Edition Description: New Edition

Synopsis

The Nature of Creative Development explores how creative individuals come to have ideas, pursue projects, and make contributions to society. The author pays specific attention to the ways in which creativity grows out of and is sparked by personal interests and experiences. Many creative individuals are addressed throughout the book, including Virginia Woolf, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Ray Kroc, and Piet Mondrian.

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Biography

Jonathan S. Feinstein is the John G. Searle Professor of Economics and Management at the Yale School of Management.