A color-blot exercise is described as a way of getting students involved in abstract thinking by a low risk, confidence-building activity. Students are asked to combine poetry and art. (CL)

Discusses the goals of creativity training and provides a number of introductory exercises to develop student potential. (SK)

The article describes replies to a questionnaire by recipients of the MacArthur Fellows Program, an award given to individuals with uncommon abilities across a wide spectrum of creative pursuits. Replies touch on school and family backgrounds, acceleration, importance of grades, recognition of achievement, extracurricular activities, and…

The Something About Myself Checklist (SAM) was administered to 28 education and 16 non-education majors. No significant difference was found on the two groups' total creative perception scores, although there was a significant difference on one factor within the SAM: self-strength. (CL)

Observation of imaginative play and scores on measures of ideational fluency, fantasy predisposition, and intelligence for 15 preschoolers revealed that ideational fluency and fantasy predisposition were related to naturally occurring imaginative play behavior. (CL)

This is the first in a series of articles focusing on creativity and mental health. It concerns itself with schools of thought relating creativity to maladjustment pointing out that seemingly apparent similarities between some creative people and the mentally ill are superficial and unfounded. (Editor/RK)

In 1943 Jacques Hadamard gave a series of lectures on mathematical invention at the Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes in New York City. These talks were subsequently published as The Psychology of Mathematical Invention in the Mathematical Field (Hadamard, 1945). In this article I present a study that mirrors the work of Hadamard. Results both…

Article contains a listing of recent books relating to Creativity and Problem-Solving. (Author/RK)

With this brief review of Maslow's accomplishment as focused on creativeness in the life world, salient features of philosophy and methodology as perceived by him are considered. (Author)

Describes a direct attempt to deal with creative abilities of students in design courses. Conceptual blocks (perceptual, emotional, cultural, imaginative, environmental, intellectual, and experience) appear and ways to overcome them are discussed. Creativity is enhanced when discomfort is minimized as in a classroom atmosphere of openness, humor,…