The cultivation of a community environment that attracts the creative worker requires technology, talent, and tolerance. The creative knowledge worker seeks a community not only with technological resources, often including a research university at its hub, but also the presence of arts, culture, and diversity. The Social Impact of the Arts study…

Compares the performances of "impulsive" and "reflective" urban middle class children on a picture completion task designed to measure creativity. (CW)

In a test of intrinsic motivation hypothesis of creativity, 60 undergraduate women did an artistic creativity task with either the expectation of receiving a reward or no expectation of reward. Reward was crossed with choice in task engagement, such that half of the reward Ss contracted to do the task in order to receive reward, and half simply…

Psychophysiological measurements were compared for male college students classified as high and low in creativity. (DP)

THE STUDY ENDEAVORED TO DEVELOP AND VALIDATE AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY IN PREADOLESCENTS BY EVALUATING THEIR ART PRODUCTS FOR AESTHETIC MERIT AND ORIGINALITY. THE INSTRUMENT CONSISTED OF A SERIES OF DESCRIPTIONS OF OBSERVABLE QUALITIES OF GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ART, PRESENTED IN A FORMAT THAT FACILITATES RATING OF…

Gives succinct marketing tips for day care. (NH)

Describes theoretical linkages between creativity and the gifted/talented learner. Offers recommendations that will produce an increase in time on task performed by the gifted/talented learner in heterogeneously grouped classes. (BH)

The power of structure to encourage creative thinking, help assimilate randomness, and allow risk taking is illustrated through teaching experiences and personal examples. (DB)