Creative thinking

The book represents a systematized theory of creative thinking in which the phenomenon of creative thinking is considered both cognitive and personal. In this case creative thinking is understood not as a special type of thinking but as the highest level of its development which is the basis of the author''s integral concept of creative thinking. The first part of the book presents an analytic-theoretical review of creative thinking in the context of modern psychology and its essential and structural aspects as well as the problems connected with its diagnosis. The second part contains a complete methodological complex for the evaluation of creative thinking in children and adults. The book may be of interest to practical psychologists psychology teachers teachers students of psychological and pedagogical specialties as well as to a wide range of readers.