<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present paper argues that crisis talk has been rampant in psychology since its beginning. This is so because it serves a powerful rhetorical function – ‘if we are in crisis we must do x to get out of it’. In fact, being in crisis is the state of any progressive discipline, where new evidence is brought to light and new ideas are put on offer. This paper then turns to the specific conceptual and methodological issues facing the psychology of creativity and offers some suggestions for moving the sub-discipline forward. It proposes dropping the study of ‘creativity’ as a noun, and instead focusing on the concrete <italic>process</italic> of creating and evaluating the products of that activity.</p></abstract>

The present paper argues that crisis talk has been rampant in psychology since its beginning. This is so because it serves a powerful rhetorical function – ‘if we are in crisis we must do x to get out of it’. In fact, being in crisis is the state of any progressive discipline, where new evidence is brought to light and new ideas are put on offer. This paper then turns to the specific conceptual and methodological issues facing the psychology of creativity and offers some suggestions for moving the sub-discipline forward. It proposes dropping the study of ‘creativity’ as a noun, and instead focusing on the concrete process of creating and evaluating the products of that activity.

From Crisis to Creativity: Towards a Psychology of Creating

Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications

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The present paper argues that crisis talk has been rampant in psychology since its beginning. This is so because it serves a powerful rhetorical function – ‘if...

From Crisis to Creativity: Towards a Psychology of Creating

Data publikacji: 26 maj 2015

Zakres stron: 70 - 74

Otrzymano: 05 lis 2014

Przyjęty: 20 gru 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2015-0010

Słowa kluczowe
Creating, Evaluating, Social process

© Brady Wagoner

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

From Crisis to Creativity: Towards a Psychology of Creating

Data publikacji: 26 maj 2015

Zakres stron: 70 - 74

Otrzymano: 05 lis 2014

Przyjęty: 20 gru 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2015-0010

Słowa kluczoweCreating, Evaluating, Social process

© Brady Wagoner

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Creating, Evaluating, Social process