The Search for Intelligence: Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
To uncover different facets of intelligence Robert Sternberg developed the triarchic theory exemplified by three of his students at Yale. The first, Alice, was good at taking tests, strong in memory and analytical skills, but not good at coming up w...
Abnormal Psychology; Introduction to Psychology: Bipolar Disorder
With bipolar disorder, the mood landscape is more complex. In the first stage called hypo mania depressions are offset by periods of mild mania. For about 50% of people with bipolar illness, these early stages are an incredible rush of ideas and cre...
Psychiatric Illnesses and Creative People
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison says that, in rare instances, "...there's an unusual combination that can occur in some people...where you have someone who's imaginative to begin with, and then give them an intense mood disor...
What is Art?: Representational Theory of Art, The
Intriguing works of art have one thing in common.They cannot be ignored. In ancient times, philosophers viewed art as representation, what they called mimesis. Plato saw art as an imitation of our world which itself is a mere imitation of heavenly i...