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The Crazy Writer
Writers, like other creatives, tend to exhibit pathological symptoms from time to time. So, psychologists have studied the life of writers, researching their unconventional behavior like they examine the pathology of a disease. Writers can appear contradictory because the strongest … Continue reading →
Posted in Creativity, Group psychology, Literature, Mental health
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Tagged Frank Barron, imagination, pathology
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Creative mess
Psychologists often study creativity like a kind of pathology, researching causes of creativity, methods to diagnosis it, and determining best practices. The creative person is often contradictory because the strongest drive in creative people is to not be like other … Continue reading →
Posted in Creativity, Education trends
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Tagged ambiguity, disorder, Frank Barron, high ego strength, neurotic, simplicity
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Competitive disadvantage for creative women
Every time I hear someone ask how to intrinsically motivate students, I have to laugh inside. The very definition of intrinsic means to come from inside of a person, not from an outside source, such as a teacher, instructor, trainer … Continue reading →
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Tagged competition, D.K. Simonton, extrinsic motivation, Frank Barron, intrinsic motivation, M. Niederle, resources for creating, self image, U. Gneezy
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