The artistic quality of creativity is not unique to artists but is carried out more skillfully by those who are artists than by those who are not. The artist participates with the rest of humanity in the essential part of creativity, communication, and develops a consonance--a resonance--between the work of art and the audience. The ritual of…

The paper reviews theory and research in the area of creative thinking and behavior. Theoretical interpretations or explanations of creative thinking are classified into five categories: definitional (introspective opinions on the nature of creativity), dispositional (Personality-based), psychoanalytic, behavioristic (traditional S-R psychology),…

Theoretical considerations indicating the effects of bereavement and orphanhood are offered to explain the relationship between achievement and parental loss as well as that between the genius and the disturbed psychotic. (Author)

Two-dimensional consciousness is the reality of our phenomenal consciousness, whose contents are varied. Several descriptions as to its contents are presented. These descriptions prepare the groundwork for discussion of the significance of scribbling. (Author/RK)

The gifted child movement and the creativity movement are discussed in terms of their history and their proper interrelationships and places in the larger gestalt of humanistic psychology. (DLS)

The role of parents in nurturing their bright or creative child is described; and activities such as reading aloud together, encouraging the child's special interest, and participating in community group efforts are suggested. (CL)

The author reviews studies supporting the individuality of children and provides guidelines for parents of highly creative children. (SBH)

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)

The review examines characteristics of entrepreneurs and suggests that they share personality traits (such as risk taking and lack of conformity) with the mildly sociopathic. (DB)

The Creative Product Analysis Matrix was evaluated and refined by asking 133 undergraduate students to apply the questionnaire items in three areas (novelty, resolution, elaboration/synthesis) to two T-shirts, only one of predetermined creative design. Results indicated the instrument reliably assessed overall perceptions of the product. (DB)

Research is reviewed and difficulties are cited regarding the creative possibilities of developmental differences in early adolescence. Teachers' attitudes toward aloneness, inactivity, daydreaming, free thinking, gullibility, and emotional conflicts are considered. (CL)