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"Mark A. Runco's excellent book Creativity: Theories
and Themes: Research, Development, and Practice may be one way to
bring creativity back into relevance in psychology. This
remarkable book clearly sets the stage for those involved in
creativity research, for those wanting to get into this
interesting and complex area, or simply for those who want an
up-to-date volume on the field from one of the leading
researchers in the area."
--PsycCritiques (Oct 10, 2007, Vol 52, Release 41, Article 8)
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A much needed reference on creativity for
psychologists
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Book Description
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A much needed reference on creativity for
psychologists
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From the Back Cover
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Each of the major theoretical perspectives
(behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, economic,
educational, evolutionary, historical, social, organizational) on
creativity is reviewed in this volume. The more important key
topics and issues, including those concerning age, sex, and
cultural differences, and those dealing with the mad genius and
issues, are also covered. One chapter focuses on
enhancement issues, and the last chapter defines creativity and
explores how creativity is related to, but distinct from, other
important human capacities and behaviors, including invention,
innovation, imagination, and adaptability.
This is primarily a textbook. It may, however, also be useful to
researchers and practitioners, given the emphasis on scholarly,
scientific, and objective research and the theories that are
constructed from it. All of the important scholarship on
creativity is covered in this volume.
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About the Author
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Mark Runco, Director of Creativity Research &
Programming, Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR, USA
Mark Runco earned his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the
Claremont Graduate School in California and has studied
creativity ever since. He is currently a Director of Creativity
Research & Programming, Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR,
USA He began his teaching career as an assistant professor of
psychology at the University of Hawaii, Hilo. He then taught at
Cal State Fullerton for 22 years. He was also an adjunct
professor at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Administration for nearly 15 years and lectured regularly at
Universidad de Cantabria in Spain and Shaanxi Normal University
in Xi'an, China. He is a distinguished consulting faculty member
at the Saybrook Graduate University in San Francisco and remains
on the University of Georgia Graduate Faculty
Mark developed nine seminars on creativity, including
"Creativity: What It Is and What It Is Not," "The Assessment of
Creativity," "Creative ," and "Social Contexts for
Creativity." He is Fellow and past president of Division 10
(Psychology, Art, Creativity, and Aesthetics) of the American
Psychological Association.
Mark also founded the Creativity Research Journal, which he still
edits, along with two new journals: Business Creativity and the
Creative Economy, and the Journal of Genius and Eminence. In
2010, Mark published the "rCAB" (Runco Creativity Assessment
Battery), a comprehensive battery of tests for the assessment of
creativity. He has published over 300 articles, chapters, and
books on creativity, its measurement and enhancement. His
textbook Creativity: Theories and Themes: Research, Development,
and Practice has been translated into 10 languages. The 3rd
edition will be published in 2020. He also was an Editor-in-Chief
of the Encyclopedia of Creativity, which was published in 1999
and the second edition, which was published in 2011.
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