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CREATIVITY, GENIUSAnd Their Place within a Positive

Psychology

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Outline

Definitions of the Two PhenomenaManifestations of the Phenomena

IndividualSociocultural

Their Placement within Movement

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Definitions of Phenomena

Creativity: TwoRequirements

OriginalityAdaptiveness

Genius: ThreeConceptions

DistinctivenessImpactIntellect

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Individual Level

Measurement StrategiesProductivityEminenceIntelligenceCognitive Style

PersonalityBiography

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Productivity Concept: OutputIllustrations

QueteletLehmanDennis

EvaluationProsCons

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Eminence

Concept: ReputationIllustrations

GaltonJ. M. Cattell

EvaluationProsCons

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Intelligence

Concept: IQIllustrations

BinetTerman

EvaluationProsCons

Sternberg Gardner

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Cognitive Style

Concept: ImaginationIllustrations

GuilfordMednick

EvaluationProsCons

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Personality

Concept: DispositionIllustrations

CoxRoeR. B. CattellEysenck

EvaluationProsCons

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Biography Concept: OriginsIllustrations

GaltonEllisJ. M. Cattell

EvaluationProsCons

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Central Issues

Individual DifferencesCross-Sectional Distribution

Cross-Sectional Continuity

Longitudinal ChangesDevelopmental Antecedents

Career Trajectories

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Central Issues (Continued)

Nature versus NurtureTalent Development

Expertise Acquisition

Mad-Genius ControversyTheoretical Traditions

Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis Gestalt and Humanistic Schools

Empirical Integration

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Sociocultural Level

Two Types of Analytical StrategiesCross-Cultural Analyses

Concept: OrtgeistIllustrations

Alphonse de Candolle Human Area Relations Files

Evaluation Pros Cons

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Sociocultural Level

Transhistorical AnalysesConcept: Zeitgeist

Illustrations Pitirim Sorokin: Social and Cultural Dynamics Alfred Kroeber: Configurations of Culture Growth

Derek Price: Big Science, Little Science David McClelland: The Achieving Society

Evaluation

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Their Placement with Movement

Importance and RelevanceYet Peripheral StatusSome Possible ExplanationsPotential Solutions

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Importance and Relevance

Creativity asA Symptom of Human Health

A Symptom of Cultural Vitality

Genius asThe Peak of Human Performance

The Acme of Golden Ages

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Yet Peripheral Status

Topic seldom listed among the core areas of research in the field

Issue seldom represented in conferences on positive psychologyResearch seldom if ever honored withrelevant awards or recognitionTopic attracts relatively few investigators

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Some Possible Explanations

Divine OriginsCreativity

Genius

Mad (Creative) GeniusCraft Traditions

Guilds and ApprenticesAcquired Expertise

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Potential Solutions

Demystify the psychological andsociological processes underlying the two

phenomenaStress continuity between creative geniusand everyday forms of creativity, includingin both children and older adultsLink creativity and genius with moremainstream issues in positive psychology