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Peer reviewedRapport, Leon – Human Development, 1985
Reviews the autobiography of Fritz Heider and discusses it in light of current knowledge about creativity and adult development. Suggests that the field of human development and life-span psychology should study the poetics of human development. (Author/BE)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Creativity
Peer reviewedJaquish, Gail A.; Ripple, Richard E. – Human Development, 1981
Explored the relationship between divergent thinking and self-esteem across the adult lifespan. Subjects from 18 to 84 years of age responded to a self-esteem inventory and an exercise in divergent thinking. Self-esteem predicted divergent thinking across age groups, whereas age differences accounted for little variance in divergent thinking.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Creativity, Divergent Thinking
