Genius: The Natural History of Creativity (Problems in the Behavioural Sciences, Series Number 12) - Hardcover

Eysenck, H. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521480140 ISBN 13: 9780521480147

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Genius: The Natural History of Creativity presents a novel theory of genius and creativity that is based on the personality characteristics of creative persons and geniuses. Starting with the fact that genius and creativity are frequently related to psychopathology, this book brings together many different lines of research into the subject. Professor Eysenck provides experimental evidence to support these theories in their application to creativity. He considers the role of intelligence, social status, gender, and many other factors that have been linked with genius and creativity. His theory traces creativity from DNA through personality to special cognitive processes to genius. The book will generate a great deal of interest in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, and sociology.

About this title

Book Description

This text presents a novel theory of creativity that is based on the linkage between the psychopathological characteristics of creative persons and geniuses. It traces creativity from DNA through personality to special cognitive processes and the qualities of genius.

About the Author

Hans "J. Eysenck "(1916-1997) was professor of psychology at the University of London and the director of its psychological department at the Institute of Psychiatry. He was best known for his experimental research in the field of personality. Among his many books are Rebel with a Cause, Dimensions of Personality, The Dynamics of Anxiety and Hysteria, Intelligence, and Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521480140
• ISBN 13: 9780521480147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 354