TY - JOUR
T1 - Debates about the "general" picture
T2 - Cognition and creative achievement
AU - Mumford, Michael D.
AU - Antes, Alison L.
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - Picasso's Guernica represents a potentially useful product for investigation by students of creative achievement. In the case of studies by Simonton (2007) and Weisberg and Hass (2007), both appearing in this same issue of the Creativity Research Journal, detailed examination of this picture has provided a basis for some bold statements about creative thought. In this commentary, we question the conclusions drawn by Simonton with respect to the application of historical case analysis, the methods applied, and the substantive model underlying this effort. More generally, we argue that caution is called for in attempting to account for creative achievement based on a single model of the kind of knowledge involved.
AB - Picasso's Guernica represents a potentially useful product for investigation by students of creative achievement. In the case of studies by Simonton (2007) and Weisberg and Hass (2007), both appearing in this same issue of the Creativity Research Journal, detailed examination of this picture has provided a basis for some bold statements about creative thought. In this commentary, we question the conclusions drawn by Simonton with respect to the application of historical case analysis, the methods applied, and the substantive model underlying this effort. More generally, we argue that caution is called for in attempting to account for creative achievement based on a single model of the kind of knowledge involved.
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U2 - 10.1080/10400410701753325
DO - 10.1080/10400410701753325
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:38749130447
SN - 1040-0419
VL - 19
SP - 367
EP - 374
JO - Creativity Research Journal
JF - Creativity Research Journal
IS - 4
ER -