Rethinking Creativity

Part I. Introduction: 1. Setting the stage: Introduction to the study of creativity: 2. Creativity: What it is; Part II. Analytic Thinking in Creativity: 3. Problem solving; 4. Case studies of creativity: the universality of creativity; 5. Analogical thinking in problem solving and creativity; Part III. The Question of Extraordinary Thought Processes in Creativity: 6. How do you get to Carnegie hall? Practice, talent, and creativity; 7. Insight in problem solving and creative thinking; 8. The question of unconscious processes in creative thinking; 9. Genius and madness; Part IV. The Psychometrics of Creativity: Can We Identify Creative People?; 10. Testing for creativity: divergent thinking, executive functioning, and creative thinking; 11. The search for 'the creative personality'; Part V. The Bigger Picture: 12. Two confluence theories of creativity; Part VI. The Neuroscience of Creativity: 13. The neuroscience of creativity.