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Book SynopsisPreviously neglected, more and more affect and creativity is recognized as an area that is important and exciting area to investigate. This book presents the very latest ideas and research by leaders in the field about the role of affect in the creative process. Affect, Creative Experience and Psychological Adjustment is an arena where new theories and concepts can be presented, research findings compared and discussed, methodological issues debated, and future research outlined. Key questions in affect and creativity focus on identifying specific affective processes that are most important in creativity, discovering the underlying mechanisms that account for the relationships between affect and creativity, exploring differential effects of various types of affect, such as positive and negative affect, on creativity and understanding how these things relate to psychological adjustment. As with any new line of research investigation, there is a fermenting of ideas, speculations, res
Table of ContentsPart I. Affect and the Creative Experience. On the Relationship Between Affect and Creative Problem Solving. Mood and Creativity Research: The View from a Conceptual Organizing Perspective. The Emotional Resonance Model of Creativity: Theoretical and Practical Extensions. Play, Affect, and Creativity: Theory and Research. Intrinsic Motivation, Affect and Creativity. Part II. Affect and Creative Expression. Affect in Artistic and Scientific Creativity. Affect in Artists and Architects: Images of Self and World. Feeling Creativity Through Deep Listening. On the Role of Affect in Scientific Discovery. Part III. Creativity, Psychopathology, and Adjustment. Tension, Adaptability, and Creativity. The Subtle Attraction: Beauty as a Force in Awareness, Creativity, and Survival. Creativity, Bipolarity, and the Dynamics of Style.
