CREATIVITY STUDIES IN MODERN FOREIGN PSYCHOLOGY

Authors
Citation
Ka. Torshina, CREATIVITY STUDIES IN MODERN FOREIGN PSYCHOLOGY, Voprosy psihologii, (4), 1998, pp. 123
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational
Journal title
ISSN journal
00428841
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-8841(1998):4<123:CSIMFP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The cognitive aspects of creativity in the works by foreign authors ar e reviewed. Some researchers consider creativity to be an independent process, others see it as the result of other cognitive function inter action. Contribution of various processes (imagination, thinking, memo ry) to creativity as well as the role of insight is very important. Pr oblems of initiating creativity process, its normativity and different levels are discussed. Creativity process depends on the type and leve l of intelligence, imagination and memory. The problem of creativity p roduct criteria (originality, the contribution to culture, usefulness) is considered.