Interviewing Highly Eminent Creators

Nakamura, Jeanne; Fajans, Jeff

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“…Including such prototypical examples of “mad genius” as Vincent Van Gogh and Virginia Woolf, these historiometric studies most often support Proposition 1 (Simonton, 2014a). On the other hand, researchers who use psychometric or interview methods will investigate creators at the lower end of the distribution (Feist, 2014; Nakamura & Fajans, 2014). In doing so, they will more likely support Proposition 2 (see, e.g., Csikszentmihályi, 1997; Roe, 1953).…”

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The Mad-Genius Paradox

Simonton

2014

Perspect Psychol Sci

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The persistent mad-genius controversy concerns whether creativity and psychopathology are positively or negatively correlated. Remarkably, the answer can be "both"! The debate has unfortunately overlooked the fact that the creativity-psychopathology correlation can be expressed as two independent propositions: (a) Among all creative individuals, the most creative are at higher risk for mental illness than are the less creative and (b) among all people, creative individuals exhibit better mental health than do noncreative individuals. In both propositions, creativity is defined by the production of one or more creative products that contribute to an established domain of achievement. Yet when the typical cross-sectional distribution of creative productivity is taken into account, these two statements can both be true. This potential compatibility is here christened the mad-genius paradox. This paradox can follow logically from the assumption that the distribution of creative productivity is approximated by an inverse power function called Lotka's law. Even if psychopathology is specified to correlate positively with creative productivity, creators as a whole can still display appreciably less psychopathology than do people in the general population because the creative geniuses who are most at risk represent an extremely tiny proportion of those contributing to the domain. The hypothesized paradox has important scientific ramifications.

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The Mad-Genius Paradox

Simonton

2014

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Mulheres Talentosas No Brasil: Trajetórias E Desafios Profissionais Na Sociedade Contemporânea

Prado

Fleith

2020

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Este estudo investigou a trajetória de mulheres talentosas de acordo com o Mega-Modelo de Desenvolvimento de Talentos, concebido por Subotnik, Olszewski-Kubilius e Worrell (2011), analisando a relação existente entre as dimensões individuais, contextuais e interpessoais no seu percurso profissional. Foram realizadas cinco entrevistas com mulheres eminentes em cinco áreas de atuação: educação, comunicação, recursos humanos, publicidade e literatura brasileira. Os resultados foram analisados conforme a Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados. Verificou-se que independente da área em que atuam e de diferenças encontradas em relação à idade, formação educacional e estrutura familiar, fatores como resistência a estereótipos de gênero, trabalho como fonte de transformação social, presença de mentores, suporte emocional da família, oportunidades, otimismo e resiliência foram decisivos para a expressão e desenvolvimento de seus potenciais. Esses fatores foram classificados como facilitadores e variáveis de proteção frente às adversidades encontradas. Compreender o talento feminino envolve considerar a inter-relação das dimensões psicológicas, sociais e culturais.

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Interviewing Highly Eminent Creators

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The Mad-Genius Paradox

Mulheres Talentosas No Brasil: Trajetórias E Desafios Profissionais Na Sociedade Contemporânea

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