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Physically, it takes the form of a deck of 7-by-9-centimetre (2.8 in × 3.5 in) printed cards in a black box. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Each card offers a challenging constraint intended to help artists (particularly musicians) break creative blocks by encouraging lateral thinking .
Writer's block is a non-medical condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author is either unable to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown. Writer's block had various degrees of severity, from difficulty in coming up with original ideas to being unable to produce work for years.
809/.924. LC Class. PN3378 .B65 2004. Preceded by. The Great Deception. Followed by. Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming. The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories is a 2004 book by Christopher Booker containing a Jung -influenced analysis of stories and their psychological meaning. Booker worked on the book for 34 years.
Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that limits a person to use an object only in the way it is traditionally used. The concept of functional fixedness originated in Gestalt psychology, a movement in psychology that emphasizes holistic processing. Karl Duncker defined functional fixedness as being a mental block against using an object in ...
For many people, creativity serves to overcome psychic crises, traumatic events and depression. [ 62][page needed] Creativity can also have an incredible impact on mental health and well-being by not only helping people find meaning and significance, but providing an increased sense of purpose.
A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative (1st ed. 1983, 4th ed. 2008, trans. into 22 languages) A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge, and Warrior to Be More Creative (1986) Expect the Unexpected, or You Won't Find It: A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus (2001)
In Why Nations Fail, a popular book on long-term economic development, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson argue the major reason countries stagnate and go into decline is the willingness of the ruling elites to block creative destruction, a beneficial process that promotes innovation.
J. Creat. Behav. The Journal of Creative Behavior is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Creative Education Foundation. The journal was established in 1967. Its current editors are Ronald A. Beghetto ( Arizona State University) and Maciej Karwowski ( University of Wroclaw ).