Domain Specificity of Creativity

This book brings readers a review of the research that speaks to whether creativity is something general like intelligence that can be applied across domains or whether it is a domain specific skill

John Baer (Author)

9780127999623, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 24 November 2015

204 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.5 kg

"...will be of interest to students, academic researchers and professionals in education policy, and business management...I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding the nature of creativity." --PsycCRITIQUES

Recent research findings have challenged the idea that creativity is domain-general. Domain Specificity of Creativity brings together the research information on domain specificity in creativity -- both the research that supports it and answers to research arguments that might seem to challenge it. The implications for domain specificity affect how we move forward with theories of creativity, testing for creativity, and teaching for creativity. The book outlines what these changes are and how creativity research and applications of that research will change in light of these new findings.

1. Domain Specificity: Introduction and Overview2. Research Evidence for Domain Specificity3. Implications of Domain Specificity for Creativity Theory4. Implications of Domain Specificity for Creativity Research5. Implications Of Domain Specificity for Creativity Assessment6. Implications of Domain Specificity for Creativity Training7. Finding Common Ground: The APT Model of Creativity and Metatheoretical Approaches to Understanding Creativity

Subject Areas: Educational psychology [JNC], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR]