Implicit theories of creativity: Laypersons' perceptions of the creativity of adaptors and innovators

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 92, Issue 3 PART 1, 2001, Pages 675-681

  Puccio, Gerard J ^a   Chimento, Melanie D ^b  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CREATIVENESS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035380045     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.92.3.675     Document Type: Article

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