Animal Creativity and Innovation explores theories and research on animal innovation and creativity, comparing and contrasting it with theory and research on human creativity and innovation. In doing so, it encompasses findings from psychology, biology, neuroscience, engineering, business, ecology, and education. The book includes examples of animal innovation in parrots, dogs, marine mammals, insects, and primates, exploring parallels from creative play in children. The book defines creativity, differentiating it from play, and looks at evolutionary models and neurological constructs. The book further explores applied aspects of animal innovation and creativity including tool use and group dynamics, as well as barriers to creativity. The final chapters look into how creative behavior may be taught or trained. Each chapter is followed by a commentary for integration of thoughts and ideas between animal and human research, behavioral and cognitive research, and theory and observation in real life.
| ISBN: | 9780128006481 |
| Publication date: | 17th July 2015 |
| Author: | Allison B. (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA and Lutz Ch Kaufman |
| Publisher: | Academic Press Inc an imprint of Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 538 pages |
| Series: | Explorations in Creativity Research |
| Genres: |
Experimental psychology Cognitivism, cognitive theory Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality Social, group or collective psychology Cognition and cognitive psychology |