Stimulating Creativity

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsContents of Volume 2Part I Plan of The Work I Introduction Assumptions Underlying the DiscussionPart II Theory and Criteria II The Creative Process Various Descriptions of the Creative Process Stage I—Hypothesis Formation Stage II—Hypothesis Testing Stage III—Communication of Results Summary III Criteria in Studies of Creativity Generally Acknowledged Creativity Representation in Secondary Sources Expert Judgment Quantity of Products Psychometric Tests The Process as a Criterion SummaryPart III Individual Procedures IV Introduction to Personality Procedures Research Designs and Theories Involved Personality Theories Personality Results Summary V Affecting Personality Characteristics: Role Playing, Hypnosis, and Psychotherapy Role Playing Affecting the Creative Process Hypnosis To Change Personality Characteristics Psychotherapy Summary VI Introduction to Cognitive Procedures Several Theoretical Issues Language Physiognomic Perception and Regression in Service of the Ego Altered States of Consciousness Guilford's Intellective Factors Summary VII Altering States of Consciousness The Consciousness That Is to Be Altered Relaxation-Reflection Dreams Alcohol and Caffeine Mind-Expanding Drugs SummaryPart IV Procedures for Affecting the Individual Stages of the Creative Process VIII Affecting the Preparatory (Educational) Stage Social Relationships in the School Environment Teaching Techniques and Practices Evaluation and Practice Toward a School System That Is More Congenial to Creativity Summary IX Stimulating Hypothesis Formation Perception Language Two of the Mystiques-Inspiration and Intuition Self-Help Procedures Another of the Mystiques—Selecting the "Good" Possibility Summary X Making Hypothesis Testing More Effective The Dialog The Mystique in This Part of the Process Theories Types and the Testing of Hypotheses Specific Suggestions Summary XI Affecting the Communication of Results Resistance to Discussing the Communication Stage The Creative Individual Intermediaries The Adoption Process The Audience or Public Overcoming Resistance to Change SummaryReferencesSubject Index