Current researches of notion "creativity" in psychology and its relation to risk

• Authors: Natalja Mihejeva
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article considers theoretical sources for the purpose of systematization of notion "creativity", as well as its related notion "risk appetite". The author analyzes classical and the latest studies of the creativity and its related phenomena, remaining within a focus of research concerned with social instability The author studies scope of an inquiry of creativity and creative individuals, as well as the risk appetite and scope of an inquiry of risk in psychology. It is suggested that creativity is a multifaceted phenomenon that has to be explored in the interdisciplinary discourse. The risk appetite can be a prerequisite for the ability to express creativity.

Keywords

EN

creativity; risk; readiness for risk; social instability

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Perspectives of Innovations, Economics and Business
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 58-61

Dates

published

2011-01-16

Contributors

author

Natalja Mihejeva

• Faculty of Social Psychology, Daugavpils University, Latvia

• Prague Development Center, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.15208/pieb.2011.14