This article cites the work of prominent life cycle theorists and gives brief summaries of the lives of several famous women and their accomplishments. With emphasis on particular attributes common to the creative, gifted, and talented female, a tentative life cycle model is formulated. (JDD)

Nine sociocultural factors (relevant to creativity) are listed and historical theories (of C. Gray, A. Spengler, A. Toynbee, P. Sorokin, and K. Marx) are briefly compared. Highlights of Irish history are compared to times of major works of Irish literature and analyzed using conflict theory to determine the relationship of cultural conflict to…

Creativity is discussed in terms of H. Eysenck's personality theory. Creative persons are characterized by introversion, neuroticism, psychoticism, and moderate to high intelligence. The literature is reviewed on similarities and differences between creativity and pathology. (Author/DB)

The author points out the dangers of misusing identified special talents in learning disabled students, mentions research findings on the creative abilities of the learning disabled, and considers the possibility of two modes of learning for the gifted learning disabled. (SBH)

The article focuses on research on improving creativity, including early efforts to enhance, operationalize, and define creativity. Studies dealing with behavioral management of creativity are discussed, as are those concerning the effects of self-statements and cognition. (CL)

This paper explores child humor from the early years to adolescence. The immature child's humor is crude, rude, and hostile and gradually evolves into sophisticated, socially acceptable adult humor in the same way that the immature child in general evolves into the sophisticated adult, becoming decreasingly creative along the way. (JDD)

In attempting to isolate the characteristics of leaders which impede creativity, the author reviews research on the personality traits and behavioral manifestations of leadership, with particular consideration given to environmental, socioeconomic, and situational factors. (SBH)