This book serves as an introduction to creativity, a human phenomenon with which the Creator has uniquely endowed mankind. The author provides the reader with a historical overview of artistic creativity, the concept of creativity itself, creative abilities, and the relationship between creativity and intelligence, age, reasoning, personality theories, education, the nervous system, and the brain. It also covers methods for identifying creativity, its dimensions, types, and influencing factors.

The book is structured into the following units:

• Unit One: Explores creative abilities.
• Unit Two: Covers theories of creativity in philosophy, theories of genius, associationist theories, and measurement theories.
• Unit Three: Addresses creativity and the individual from developmental, cognitive, logical, intuitive, emotional, and sensory perspectives.
• Unit Four: Discusses the study of creativity, its research methods, the selection of creative individuals, and presents various studies in the field.
• Unit Five: Focuses on the measurement of creativity, referencing tests by Guilford and Torrance.
• Unit Six: Examines the factors for successful creativity and the role of family and school.
• Unit Eight: Delves into creative thinking and methods for its development.
• Unit Nine: Focuses on creativity in young children aged 2-8 years.
• Unit Ten: Covers the evaluation of creativity in young children.

Book Details:

• ISBN: 9789957163938
• Weight: 0.700 kg
• Dimensions: 17×24 cm
• Paper: White
• Pages: 288
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Binding: Hardcover