The Wiley handbook of genius / edited by Dean Keith Simonton.
Dean Keith Simonton is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. His research concerns various aspects of genius, creativity, leadership, talent, and aesthetics. Simonton's numerous honors include the William James Book Award, the Sir Francis Galton Award for...
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Table of Contents:
- The Wiley Handbook of Genius
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Perspectives
- 1 The Genius in History: Historiographic Explorations
- The Relationship between History and Genius
- History and the Psychology of Genius
- The Psychology of Genius: Theory Across History
- The creative genius
- The mad genius
- The intelligent genius
- The eminent genius
- The Psychology of Genius: Historical Methods
- Quantitative approaches
- Qualitative approaches
- The Genius in History
- Notes
- References
- 2 The Psychobiography of Genius
- Introduction
- George W. Bush
- John Lennon
- Truman Capote
- Implicit Prescriptions
- References
- 3 Interviewing Highly Eminent Creators
- Why Interview Eminent Creators?
- Interview Research on Eminent Creators and Its Place in the Study of Creativity
- Major Interview Studies of Eminent Creativity
- Anne Roe: the making of a scientist (and artist)
- Bernice Eiduson: The Scientist Project
- The Institute of Personality Assessment and Research: highly creative persons
- Harriet Zuckerman: scientific elite
- Nobel laureates in the United States
- Albert Rothenberg: studies in the creative process
- Vera John-Steiner: Notebooks of the Mind
- Nancy Andreasen: creativity and mental illness
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity in Later Life Study
- Vera John-Steiner: creative collaborations
- Other Interview Research on Creativity
- Best Practices for Interviewing Eminent Creators
- Before getting started
- Sampling
- Recruitment
- Getting ready for the interview
- During the interview
- After the interview
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 4 Psychometric Studies of Scientific Talent and Eminence
- Scientific Talent and Eminence Defined
- Psychometric Investigations of Scientific Talent and Eminence
- Behavioral genetic studies.
- Developmental studies of scientific talent and eminence
- Cognitive studies of scientific talent
- Personality studies of scientific interest, talent, and eminence
- Social-cultural studies of scientific talent
- Summary and Future Directions
- References
- 5 Historiometric Studies of Genius
- Introduction
- Illustrations
- Developmental studies of genius
- Differential studies of genius
- Cognitive studies of genius
- Sociocultural studies of genius
- Conclusion
- References
- Part II Processes
- 6 The Neuroscience of Creative Genius
- What Is Neuroscience?
- What Tools from Neuroscience Can Be Used to Study Creativity?
- What Is Creative Genius?
- How Should a Neuroscientist Identify Subjects for Study?
- What Kinds of Tasks Can Be Used to Assess Creativity Using Neuroimaging Tools?
- What Have We Learned from Our Work So Far?
- Conclusions
- References
- 7 Artistic Genius and Creative Cognition
- Introduction
- Hypotheses
- Visual Arts
- Painting
- Architecture
- Literary Arts
- Novels
- Poetry
- Philosophy
- Musical Arts
- Music
- Dance
- Comparisons
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 8 Case Studies of Genius: Ordinary Thinking, Extraordinary Outcomes
- Extraordinary Thinking As the Basis for Genius-Level Creativity
- Associative hierarchies and creativity
- Genius-Level Creativity As the Expression of Ordinary Thought Processes
- Components of ordinary thinking
- Continuity with the Past in Creative Thinking
- Learning to be creative
- Learning to be creative: conclusions
- Continuity with the past in creative thinking: antecedents to creative advances
- Continuity with the past in creative thinking: incremental advances
- Continuity in genius-level creativity: conclusions
- Structure in the Creative Process
- Structured thought in Picasso's development of Guernica.
- Antecedents to the structure of Guernica
- The psychological links between Minotauromachy and Guernica
- Structure in creative thinking: conclusions
- Cognitive Components of Creative Thinking: Edison's Invention of the Light Bulb
- Critical analysis and discontinuity in thinking
- Cognitive processes in creative thinking: conclusions
- External Triggers to Creativity
- Calder's mobiles
- External triggers in science
- Innovation and external events: conclusions
- The Ordinary Basis for Creative Thinking: Conclusions and Several Remaining Questions
- Implications of the present results for Mednick's hierarchies
- Questions about expertise as the basis for creativity and genius
- A Final Question: What Then Is the Basis for Genius?
- References
- 9 Virtual Genius
- Introduction
- Background
- Definition
- Human Examples of Genius
- Computer Examples of Genius
- More Possibilities
- Conclusions
- References
- Part III Attributes
- 10 Varieties of Genius
- Types of Genius
- Creative genius
- Genius of analytical intelligence
- Genius of practical intelligence
- Wisdom-based genius
- Conclusions
- References
- 11 Cognitive Disinhibition, Creativity, and Psychopathology
- Creativity and Creative Genius
- Cognitive Disinhibition
- Creativity and Mental Disorders Associated with Disinhibition
- Creativity and psychosis proneness
- Creativity and mood disorders
- Creativity and alcohol abuse
- The Shared Vulnerability Model of Creativity and Psychopathology
- Cognitive disinhibition as a shared vulnerability factor
- High IQ as a protective factor
- Additional shared vulnerability factors
- Additional cognitive protective factors
- Conclusions
- References
- 12 Openness to Experience
- Openness and Personality Structure
- Properties of Openness
- Observability
- Universality.
- Stability and developmental course
- Heritability
- Conceptualizing Openness
- Case Studies of Personality and Genius
- A mathematical genius
- A musical genius
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- 13 Political and Military Geniuses: Psychological Profiles and Responses to Stress
- Measuring the Quality of Political and Military Leadership
- Subject Selection in this Chapter
- Measurement at a Distance
- Methodology of the Current Chapter
- Hypotheses of the Current Study
- Method
- Selection and scoring of texts
- Subjects
- Biographies
- Political
- Military
- Both
- Results
- IC
- MI
- Discussion
- Caveat
- TCA findings
- Biographical notes
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Part IV Origins
- 14 Genetics of Intellectual and Personality Traits Associated with Creative Genius: Could Geniuses Be Cosmobian Dragon Kings?
- Classical Quantitative Genetic Models in Humans
- Intelligence
- Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
- Personality and Psychopathology
- Genetic and Environmental Influences on Personality and Psychopatholgy
- Genetic Influences on Miscellaneous Traits Relevant to Creative Genius
- Specific measures of creative personality
- Psychological interests
- The Barron-Welsh Art Scale
- Molecular Genetics and Genius
- Emergenesis
- Autism
- An Aside on Distributions
- The not-so-normal normal curve
- Lotka-like distributions
- Are Geniuses Black Swans, Dragon-Kings, or Hopeful Monsters?
- Black swans
- Dragon-kings
- Hopeful monsters
- The Relevance of Dragon-Kings and Hopeful Monsters to Our Understanding of the Emergence of Creative Genius
- Geniuses as statistical dragon-kings
- Geniuses as hopeful monsters
- Geniuses as dragon-kings emerging through cosmobia?
- Note
- References
- 15 Child Prodigies and Adult Genius: A Weak Link.
- Globally Gifted Children
- Unevenly Gifted Children
- What Does Giftedness in Visual Art and Music Look Like?
- Giftedness in drawing
- Giftedness in music
- Interest in musical sounds
- Musical memory
- Perfect pitch
- Sight-reading
- Musical generativity: ability to transpose, improvise, and compose
- How Much is Innate?
- The Role of Families
- The Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Children
- Implications for Education and Child Rearing
- Childhood Giftedness and Adult Giftedness: No Straight Trajectory
- References
- 16 Creative Genius: A View from the Expert-Performance Approach
- The Traditional View of the Nature of Talent and Creative Genius
- A Review of the Expert-Performance Approach
- Representative tasks: capture of reproducibly superior expert performance
- Analyzing the mechanisms mediating the superior performance
- Toward detailed accounts of the development of mechanisms mediating expert performance
- Developmental stages of expert performance and pre-existing knowledge
- Proposed limits for accounts based on the expert-performance approach
- Toward an Expert-Performance Account of Creative Contributions
- Developmental trajectories for individuals making creative contributions in science and arts
- Capturing the process of generating a particular creative product
- Genius and the motivation and drive for sustained focused activity
- Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 17 Cognitive Processes and Development of Chess Genius: An Integrative Approach
- Introduction
- Previous Attempts to Explain the Existence of Remarkable Achievements in Young Chess Players
- Deliberate practice
- Criticisms of the deliberate practice framework
- Alternatives to deliberate practice
- In Search of a New Model of the Development of Chess Expertise
- Cognitive Processes Underlying Chess Expertise.