Robert J. Sternberg Books

Creativity research, in many ways, mirrors the history of psychology itself. Early thinkers such as Galton believed creative genius was largely hereditary, a reflection of biological endowment. This view gave rise to the **psychometric tradition**, which sought to quantify creativity through measura...

From The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity

From a cognitive standpoint, creativity can be seen as a dance between structure and freedom. What allows some individuals to make connections that others overlook? Research indicates that creative thought draws upon a rich interplay of **memory**, **attention**, and **problem-solving** mechanisms. ...

From The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity

In tracing the history of creativity research, we must acknowledge the long journey from mystery to measurement. Early psychology treated creativity almost as an afterthought—a by-product of genius or madness. The psychometric tradition, beginning with Galton and later developed by Guilford, tried t...

From The Nature of Creativity

Creativity, at its heart, is a cognitive process—a mode of thinking that transforms knowledge into possibility. Cognitive psychologists have shown that problem solving, memory, and intelligence are deeply intertwined with how we generate ideas. Yet, creative thought diverges from ordinary problem-so...

From The Nature of Creativity