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Contextualizing Gestalt Contributions towards Creativity Research in the Inter-War Period

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science
© 2020 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal
Volume 7 Issue 6
Year of Publication : 2020
Authors : Kiran.S
10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V7I6P111
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Kiran.S, "Contextualizing Gestalt Contributions towards Creativity Research in the Inter-War Period," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 7,  no. 6, pp. 62-64, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V7I6P111

Abstract:

This work attempts to situate the significant contributions of Gestalt Psychology to creativity research. It attempts to map the disciplinary milieu and intellectual zeitgeist, focusing on paradigm positions and school formations in the inter-war period. The dynamics of research production in psychology are incomplete without the historical context of its prominent schools' relative positioning and discourses. Disciplinary production includes the work of Behaviourism, Neo-behaviourism, Personality psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Gestalt psychology. The institutional milieu was animated by the development of the American Psychology, APA's associative class membership program, and the war-impact. The significant Gestalt contributions identified are Insight generation and problem-solving, Functional fixedness, and reproductive-productive thinking. Such early attempts provided the necessary momentum and acted as a resource material for the flourishing of creative research in the post-1950's.

Keywords:

Gestalt contributions, creativity, functional fixedness, insights

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