PSYE412 Психология на творчеството
Анотация:
This course discusses psychological research on creativity. We will a) outline the features of the creative product, b) identify the stages of the creative process, c) analyse different problem solving models, and d) examine how creative thinking is defined and measured. The influence of the individual’s characteristics and the context on creative performance will be estimated as well.
Преподавател(и):
проф. Катя Стойчева д-р
Описание на курса:
Компетенции:
The course is designed to provide basic knowledge of creativity theories and methods, concepts and data. The application of the acquired knowledge in researching and writing is emphasized as a means of evaluation.
Students:
- will receive theoretical and practical understanding of the creative thinking and problem solving, and
- will develop skills in combining ideas and facts in the analysis and interpretation of creativity processes and products.
Предварителни изисквания:
Concepts and research methods in cognitive, personality and developmental psychology
Statistical analyses
Форми на провеждане:
Редовен
Учебни форми:
Лекция
Език, на който се води курса:
Английски
Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:
1. Domains of creativity. Levels and forms of creative activity.
2. The creative product: novelty, relevance, style
3. Perception and evaluation of the creative products
4. The creative process: Incubation and insight
5. The creative process: problem finding and problem solving
6. The creative process: idea generation and idea evaluation
7. Group problem solving and creative performance
8. Creative decision making
9. Creative thinking – Guilford’s model
10. Creative thinking – the associative theory
11. Creative thinking – Torrance’s tests
12. Attention, affect and creativity
13. Intelligence, cognitive style and creativity
14. Gender and age differences in creativity
15. Personality and creative performance
Литература по темите:
Основна
Mark A. Runco and Steven R. Pritzker (Eds.) (2011) Encyclopedia of Creativity, Two-Volume Set, 2nd Edition, Elsevier.
Допълнителна
C.M.Allwood and M. Selart (Eds.) (2001) Decision Making: Social and Creative Dimensions (pp. 15-33). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Boden, M. (2004) The Creative Mind: Myths and mechanisms. London, New York: Routledge.
Rickards, T., Runco, M. A., Moger, S. (Ed.) (2009) The Routledge companion to creativity. New York, NY, US: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Runco, M.A. and Albert, R.S. (Eds.) (1990). Theories of creativity. Newburry Park, CA: Sage.
Runco, M. (1991) Divergent Thinking. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Sternberg, R. J. (Ed.) (1999) Handbook of creativity. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Ward, T. et al (1997) Creative thought: an investigation of conceptual structures and processes. Washington, DC: APA.
Weisberg, Robert W. (1993) Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius. New York: Freeman.
Средства за оценяване:
ФОРМИ НА ОЦЕНЯВАНЕ - ТЕКУЩ КОНТРОЛ
ПИСМЕНИ ЗАДАЧИ / WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS - 50 %
КУРСОВА РАБОТА / COURSE WORK - 50 %