For decades, creativity scholars have been interested in exploring the relationship between creativity and learning. Much of the empirical work in this area has focused on examining correlational links between domain general outcomes of creativity tests and results in school achievement tests. The results of such work have been somewhat variable,…

This first volume of a series on individualizing and humanizing the learning process is aimed at trainers of teachers and teachers in training and considers identifying and measuring intellectual and non-intellectual processes contributing to creativity. Emphasis is placed upon the importance of the teachers observations. New techniques are…

Synergistic psychology has been proposed as a meta theory for synthesizing different psychological theories into an explanation of how social, cognitive, and biological factors interact in human behavior. The basic theoretical assumption in synergistic psychology is that internalized social interactions become higher mental functions that regulate…

In a study of style of learning and thinking (hemisphericity) as it relates to scores on creativity tests, 28 graduate students were studied. (Author/PHR)

Recent theorists have begun to re-conceptualize the construct of "intelligence." This paper reviews recent theories of intelligence and indicates implications for practitioners, educators, and individuals. Theories and theorists discussed include the following: (1) Robert Sternberg has advanced the "triarchic theory" of…