Draws the connection between childhood play and the unifying, actualizing effects of play in human experience. Examines the concept of play and its integrative function from multidisciplinary perspectives, giving a paradigm for looking at the play process in other expressive forms such as ritual, art, and aesthetic experience. (JMF)

One hundred thirty participants of a 1965 study were reevaluated for creative thinking. Results revealed that in the areas of art, writing, science, and generality of achievement, the creative group established in 1965 accomplished significantly more than the noncreatives over the 10-year period. (CL)

The educational role of the artist is close to that of the dreamer in the sense that they are active collaborators in the extraordinary process through which instinct and bodily function are converted into image and fantasy. The development of an image can release powerful flows of intellectual energy. (JN)

Research is reviewed on the relationship between right hemisphere imagery and the development of creativity. The role of nonverbal imagery in the incubation period is discussed. Note: For related information, see EC 120 232-238. (CL)

The need for developing a program stressing leadership skills among gifted, talented, and creative school children is considered and aspects of such a program are discussed. (PHR)

Personality in planning, promoting, and executing a special event may be as important as the event itself. Events should be planned that deserve media coverage, and then skills should be used to obtain coverage. (MSE)

Research related to psycholinguistics, language, and creativity is reviewed and found to be inadequate in defining reading. A definition of giftedness is suggested to cover a person who makes the most sense out of the world at any given moment in time within any given culture. (CL)

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)

The authors examine the implications for educational policies, individual learners, and the community of the current accountability movement, which requires that all educational goals and achievements be quantified and measured. They find that this technocratic model promotes efficiency but is antithetic to such qualities as freedom of choice and…

Through the use of several case studies explores the concepts of amicable divorce and unhappy marriage. Effective marital strategies are delineated, and the rationale and implementation of creative divorce counseling is described. (Author/RC)

Examined the effectiveness of repertory grids in assessing cognitive complexity as a correlate of creativity. Literary personnel and audiovisual representatives completed grids. Significant differences were found between creative writers and their literary controls; the grids failed to discriminate between greater and lesser creativity in the…

Sets forth some essential facts about the aging process and discusses issues of concern to those who teach art workshops to older adults. (FL)

This question-and-answer session was conducted at the New School for Social Research in the spring of 1962. Maslow comments on creativity, peak experiences, drug use, self-actualization, religion, and his psychology of Being. (SJL)

The humor element as a reinforcing tool was examined. Experimental group subjects selecting nouns were shown humorous cartoons. Non-noun selection was followed by a humorless cartoon. Results indicated that humor significantly facilitated intentional learning for the low-creative experimental group. (Author/BEF)

Describes five teaching units designed to broaden students' understanding of the many ways in which things may be seen, to teach about analogies, and to teach the use of analogies in generating ideas in advertising. (GT)