Jeanne Nakamura

Den positive psykologi er kendetegnet ved en høj grad af diversitet. Feltet trækker på stort set hele viften af eksisterende psykologiske metoder, samtidig med at nye metoder udvikles med stor kreativitet. Antologien giver et indblik i en række af de metoder, som feltet benytter sig af. Desuden rummer den artikler, der er forankret i den kritiske psykologi, ligesom den diskuterer, på hvilke måder der er fællesskab mellem positiv psykologi og kritisk psykologi. Antologien er redigeret af Gerd Christensen og Frans Ørsted Andersen og indeholder bidrag fra en lang række danske og udenlandske eksperter inden for området. Henvender sig til konsulenter, forskere, HR-medarbejdere, ledere, undervisere, psykologer, socialrådgivere og studerende.

What is creativity, and where does it come from? Creativity and Development explores the fascinating connections and tensions between creativity research and developmental psychology, two fields that have largely progressed independently of each other-until now. In this book, scholars influential in both fields explore the emergence of new ideas, and the development of the people and situations that bring them to fruition. The uniquely collaborative nature of Oxford's Counterpoints series allows them to engage in a dialogue, addressing the key issues and potential benefits of exploring the connections between creativity and development. Creativity and Development is based on the observation that both creativity and development are processes that occur in complex systems, in which later stages or changes emerge from the prior state of the system. In the 1970s and 1980s, creativity researchers shifted their focus from personality traits to cognitive and social processes, and the co-authors of this volume are some of the most influential figures in this shift. The central focus on system processes results in three related volume themes: how the outcomes of creativity and development emerge from dynamical processes, the interrelation between individual processes and social processes, and the role of mediating artefacts and domains in developmental and creative processes. The chapters touch on a wide range of important topics, with the authors drawing on their decades of research into creativity and development. Readers will learn about the creativity of children's play, the creative aspects of children's thinking, the creative processes of scientists, the role of education and teaching in creative development, and the role of multiple intelligences in both creativity and development. The final chapter is an important dialogue between the authors, who engage in a roundtable discussion and explore key questions facing contemporary researchers, such as: Does society suppress children's creativity? Are creativity and development specific to an intelligence or a domain? What role do social and cultural contexts play in creativity and development? Creativity and Development presents a powerful argument that both creativity scholars and developmental psychologists will benefit by becoming more familiar with each other's work.