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Interdisciplinarity, the Psychology of Art, and Creativity

A Special Issue of creativity Research Journal

• Edited by Martin S. Lindauer

• Price: $21.00
• Binding: Paperback
• Pages: 96
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1st April 1998
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-9841-5

About the Book

This special issue introduces the concept of interdisciplinarity within its larger intellectual context--that of the relationship between science and the humanities, as well as its relation to psychology, and in particular, to the psychology of art and creativity. Empirical research on the arts and creativity is in a good position to further interdisciplinarity, but it is argued that such studies are insufficiently reciprocal. Psychology takes more from the arts than it gives back.

This special issue argues that if scientific psychology of art were to become fully interdisciplinary, it has to take greater account of artistic sensibilities and expertise. Suggestions for achieving greater reciprocity are also offered. Examples from the author's research on old age, art, and creativity are used to illustrate an interdisciplinary model which proves to be potentially beneficial to other areas of psychology, as well as advancing interdisciplinarity in general. These aspects of interdisciplinarity, among others, are discussed in the articles of this issue, along with empirical and pedagogical illustrations and conceptual extensions.

Table of Contents

Volume 11, Number 1, 1998.
Contents: M.S. Lindauer, Interdisciplinarity, the Psychology of Art, and Creativity: An Introduction. R.K. Sawyer, The Interdisciplinary Study of Creativity in Performance. T. Zausner, When Walls Become Doorways: Creativity, Chaos Theory, and Physical Illness. C.L. Doyle, The Writer Tells: The Creative Process in the Writing of Literary Fiction. D.G. Blasko, D. Merski, Haiku Poetry and Metaphorical Thought: An Invitation to Interdisciplinary Study. B.L. Thiessen, Shedding the Stagnant Slough Syndrome: Interdisciplinary Integration. B.N. Dowds, Helping Students Make Connections Across the Disciplines. R. Powers, Psychology, Pedagogy, and Creative Expression in a Course on Evil. S. Bindeman, Echoes of Silence: A Phenomenological Study of the Creative Process. COMMENTS: C.L. Diaz de Chumaceiro, On Serendipity's Role in Freud's Career Before Paris. I. Magyari-Beck, Is Creativity a Real Phenomenon? BOOK REVIEW: P.D. Stokes, Early Expertise: On Winner's Gifted Children: Myths and Realities.