Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Albert, Robert S.

Description

1. xviii, 410 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. International series in experimental social psychology

Uniform title

1. International series in experimental social psychology.

Subject

1. Genius
2. Creative ability
3. Nature and nurture
4. Achievement
5. Creativity
6. Famous Persons
7. Psychology, Social

Contents

1. I. Overview and Issues. 1. A Developmental Theory of Eminence / R. S. Albert. 2. Motivation and Creativity / M. C. Csikszentmihalyi. 3. The Mad Genius Controversy / G. Becker -- II. Genius: Signs and Outcomes. 1. William James on Exceptional Mental States: The 1896 Lowell Lectures / E. Taylor. 2. The Early Mental Traits of 300 Geniuses / C. M. Cox. 3. Toward a Behavioral Definition of Genius / R. S. Albert. 4. Age and Achievement / D. K. Simonton -- III. Giftedness: Signs and Outcomes. 1. Two Levels of Giftedness: Shall Ever the Twain Meet? / R. S. Siegler and K. Kotovsky. 2. Intelligence Among University Scientists / J. Gibson and P. Light. 3. What Do Tests Tell Us About Talents? / M. A. Wallach -- IV. Social and Educational Influences on Creative Behavior and Exceptional Achievement. 1. Hereditary Genius Revisited: Were Galton's Missing Scientists the Aftermath of the Puritan Brain Drain to America? / P. H. Gray.
2. 2. The Crystallizing Experience: Discovering an Intellectual Gift / J. Walters and H. Gardner. 3. The Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates' Mutual Influences / H. Zuckerman. 4. Why Children Follow in their Parents' Career Footsteps / D. N. Laband and B. F. Lentz -- V. Family and Parental Influences on Creative Behavior and Exceptional Achievement. 1. The Highly Effective Individual / D. W. MacKinnon. 2. Testing Aspects of Carl Rogers's Theory of Creative Environments: Child-Rearing Antecedents of Creative Potential in Young Adolescents / D. M. Harrington, J. H. Block and J. Block. 3. A 40-year Follow-up of Giftedness: Fulfillment and Unfulfillment / M. Oden. 4. Which of Those Young Women with Creative Potential Became Productive? Personality in College and Characteristics of Parents / R. Helson. 5. Home Environment and the Competitiveness of Highly Accomplished Individuals in Four Talent Fields / J. A. Monsaas and G. Engelhard, Jr.
3. VI. Personality Dispositions to Creative Behavior and Exceptional Achievement. 1. Personality Correlates of Exceptional Personal Influence: A Note on Thorndike's (1950) Creators and Leaders / D. K. Simonton. 2. Personality, Research Creativity, and Teaching Effectiveness / J. P. Rushton, H. G. Murray and S. V. Paunonen. 3. Personality Consistency: Eminent Architects 25 Years Later / S. Z. Dudek and W. B. Hall. 4. Creative Writers / F. Barron -- VII. Personal Dynamics and Creative Problems in Exceptional Achievement. 1. Great Wits and Madness / G. Claridge. 2. Mood Disorders and Patterns of Creativity in British Writers and Artists / K. R. Jamison. 3. William James and the Twice-Born Sick Soul / C. Strout. 4. Prime Ministers and the Search for Love / H. Berrington. 5. A Mathematician's Apology / G. H. Hardy.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.