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Creativity

Hennessey, Beth A., Amabile, Teresa M.·2010·Annual Review of Psychology

Abstract

The psychological study of creativity is essential to human progress. If strides are to be made in the sciences, humanities, and arts, we must arrive at a far more detailed understanding of the creative process, its antecedents, and its inhibitors. This review, encompassing most subspecialties in the study of creativity and focusing on twenty-first-century literature, reveals both a growing interest in creativity among psychologists and a growing fragmentation in the field. To be sure, research into the psychology of creativity has grown theoretically and methodologically sophisticated, and researchers have made important contributions from an ever-expanding variety of disciplines. But this expansion has not come without a price. Investigators in one subfield often seem unaware of advances in another. Deeper understanding requires more interdisciplinary research, based on a systems view of creativity that recognizes a variety of interrelated forces operating at multiple levels.

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Crossref · 10.1146/annurev.psych.093008.100416

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  • Creativity often involves diverging from familiar norms, people, beliefs, or methods, potentially undermining the existential security of one's social ties.

    “However, it also often involves diverging from familiar norms, people, beliefs, or methods [95,97,98], potentially undermining the existential security of one's social ties [5,99].”

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Authors
Hennessey, B. A., & Amabile, T. M.
Affiliations
  • Wellesley College (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Venue
Annual Review of Psychology
Published
2010-01-01
Volume
61
Issue
1
Pages
569-598
ISSN
  • 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2085
OpenAlex
W4213310839
Cited by
1,475
References
178
Citations by year
2026: 119 · 2025: 122 · 2024: 118 · 2023: 115 · 2022: 129 · 2021: 114 · 2020: 89 · 2019: 103 · 2018: 127 · 2017: 86 · 2016: 90 · 2015: 78 · 2014: 74 · 2013: 42 · 2012: 42
FWCI
3.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Educational Research Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Design Education and Practice
Keywords
creativity, psychology of creativity, creative process, antecedents of creativity, interdisciplinary research
MeSH terms
Affect, Cognition, Concept Formation, Creativity, Humans, Individuality, Interpersonal Relations, Social Environment, Temperament

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