Aging and Creativity

Reference examining how creative processes and thinking change over the course of the lifespan

Kenneth J. Gilhooly (Author), Mary L.M. Gilhooly (Author)

9780128164013

Paperback, published 5 August 2021

284 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.45 kg

Approx.270 pages

1. Creativity: Introduction
2. Age and Aging
3. Creative Competence and Age
4. Real World Studies of Creative Productivity with Age
5. Protective Factors and Risk Factors for Later Life Creativity
6. Creative Thinking: Restructuring and Insight
7. Noncognitive Factors in Creative Thinking: Personality, Psychopathology, and Mood
8. Theories and Models of Creative Processes
9. Aging Effects on Cognitive and Noncognitive Factors in Creativity
10. Integrative Discussion

Subject Areas: Addiction & therapy [MMZR], Cognitive behavioural therapy [MMJT1], Psychotherapy [MMJT], Clinical psychology [MMJ], Geopolitics [JPSL], Educational psychology [JNC], The self, ego, identity, personality [JMS], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Experimental psychology [JML], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psychology of ageing [JMD], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Psychology [JM]