Wet ML A. gah Te socal prcinlogy of nor aten i rope. owls den} Smith on ger Carty 9 Creativity in Soviet-Russian Psychology ‘Olga Stepanossova and Elena L.Grigorenko _peTRODUCTION ihe chapter we present an overview of catvty in Soviet-Rsian "care using the tenn Soe Russlan psycolgy to itiate othe contentof tis chapter based primary on studies and concep tov developed inthe context of Soviet psychology prior to December opis when the Sorlt Union was disassembled, as well son studies incase that ve appeared more recently in Russi. This chapter {Howe ar exising nosal of approaches to creativity in Soviet-Russian Sayctology. We present orginal conceptual and methodological sli- | Peds to question en the nature ofrestty and ways to study and we Gurus slats and common characteristics ofthese solutions with ‘Wate peychologil tradition ‘Wah als richest and diversity the Bol of Soviet-Ressan psy ‘delogy of crestviy canbe understood as ellcting two major o> jperie. The st actor can be traced back to conceptualizations Pgustonl isc we suai yt REC ric om eae cs Pots St tae rte st ropa nite oy ‘Seton or thertnalScmncs US Deparment Edo Cates wee | eppeetcttutgt cep erpetesont sien ey Tere, ‘Sheesh th perenne npr tion rp Naor See ‘Refer fda Seen ore US Dpto Eton ‘dno ceia enema shad wien ‘apes ps ee aby Ras ot ha tril ine Fr co spre, poe ee oe Ben Cepeta,le Uns PACE Coe Se Eicon 2 emp New Hine Cr eesz0 she ema an | Pein,(lg Stopneso Ele ity in Soot -Rusian Pychoegy 7 eee ee cet a Sods Soa eae art tic ree Speneurg geen pcan olkoat pyciocey {hu inn the rca f te popcholgy ef taking oe Core angi Seber ay) The meena ese Finding its concrete psychological mechiisms and the objcuae omhalconduoe tates lessens aah re creative processes from deterministic positions. = Tne cand ry be esse of ra a nh iain wos tinue Dulontctoratetcseemseny Novos Inuchngs faprach oceasy roca ethane pee Sipuntbeaet pens one spel teeta ae ae cio ober renting and bulding on he iw and ss cringe en No mater hat econ a then fos of aprenden ton he yea ee tsnoofnipandenatvrecestu ier onematend ce Scena efecane paces me hiowapseson eee, ‘tour opens hat st ihn cc ec ‘ re ve mt wan ap of pao ong cae oat are rete pcp ing ea x Foner Bre an pata bee San rien eamant ngmetn ental oespericpansnesteh Fe ate vaon Theta wee deve er ah pens anche) Se Se tte oemy seme Rrcrenihs fu rotcsoon memeber en lan ot fo ee eRe ein sug gee A ery ener et a a nependan wastrel eral i et erm second devpoete aaa ratiyrennchcrnaiorre Cac fon nora Te cit nenpranihote poct ea ey es cen fot wn rere Sc spyder en a perl eee cee hgh nd ee ras Se tying event odes cai openers om doen Pe a See sen ocr cnet sll ving or Pre eet pce See errata cots tino | iy Even though the creative process also was one of the key topies of i Eon ate een epclgel spe eee eased atv polts a gate! navy ood wets Saale "FIRST TRAJECTORY: IN SEARCH OF FE¥CHOLOGICAL 4 Ey Sti of lst ad Il Conception of Creative Thinking, “me “Thepeyhology ofr in the Soviet Uion gan with began wth esperien- tlstudesof pode hing (hrking ates innovel sansa tepesnis ner waysof vig problems) and ight or oes (fined ‘sasuden realization ofa pcp of sling reba ~ «once? ‘har Soviet payholgite wer allowed tose in ne whare ny noc ce pt nd lyr pried Peo 1999): using the term gus Soi! pyeologts waned to stance ‘feb um te cone af undetaing ight sande ‘rine spontneoum, unpredictable pheno they step fo {pli ight fom determin poo In rested metedsog ‘el pris sed at saying Cayo pode arpant are typically presented th» pee for which he) Rubinstein’ Approach Stipe Rubinstein and his shdens ad colleagues were intrested ‘understanding the erg of gues ad insight (Beushisky, 1997) Rublnin and is colleagues described insight a8 a continuous Pro es that transforms pst knowledge into actual, present knowledge ‘Ts eon! seount conflicts with an understanding of insight 2 anlesantaneous, sudden avarenes ofthe solution ox part ofthe c+ tion tos problem (oc Duacker, 1945 Wertheimer, 195). According to28 ge Steptoe nd lew L rigoeni uber oughta ising ose ade ie the mand conta involved in araling feet gas. Pec alprblem and in synthesizing them in novel and cestive wey, aa en te gh tees teeta Te mec of ere aking Ande Bessy oy Me alvpe ant abort Ruts ees ethan ep Ses etmows pce of oman, whch lowe’ pe See nc bow bclves pl ble be protien sha FA Gable 6 Acrding Beste any peor sae Seti osone ones prods rule hat hye eae be mat prs in Terre, undertnd cet cety aing The citron of cate proc ‘Sccorling to Brashlisky, is thatthe thinking process leads toa goky. 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Leonie (7, 39788) approach fo creativity was also based Gi te assumption tat studies of gues or insight are cenzal tothe Cindcrstading of ceative thinking, Lone and his colleagues stud {edexteal environmental conditions hat rigger orbits gots, but ‘ol the proces insght in ise (Leoti,Ponomarey, fc Gippewetr, oh) The ental ga behind thei research program was to ienfy hee deters ofthe centive proces in yp experiment Sabet were presered withthe same creative problem (how to make Tour tangles by using sb matches) and witha prompt designed to "hear Leonie sal est et a ed om Yipee "iSecurity iretnane cost Soe Rusi Pagchaegy 9 cae crete thinking (how place & suber of bons within sa rea Expormentalcodions were freon thas ofthe prams precise tine of prompt presentation er {7 ey erptrlon prompt Forename oes ta re entnina oa prompt hinder cccarence of ight (eontew ap Pen. ler stds tested te efceney of prompt tat fer oa clot comply forelictng a gues ar they messed the sn eile amen ding he cretive proces forthe presentation bt Pte Leone's appronch to creativity was furte: developed Elo Poromare In subsequnt sectors, we conser iw on ‘peaiviy in more deta alpern's Views on Cretty Gale Jabeantappreec studying insight iasoclated with Pete ‘Aro, act icoleages, who adaresed the question of Caeeydeteinant of iight Specaly Wey adres the rol of dena king coset organized, sequential arly of vey se ptesent the problen) on creative process (Galperin & Kot Cape ovuhtove te Chrbanove 194) Galperin wed te same type of TAS aontoy and Rublncein, thats aks that equi ining tare © jy olanvinga problem Studies conducted with middleschoo! ersten demonstrated that partipants with structured and onganized cae aes ae adVanages solving these type of aes aed rere cheat syetemetic analysis (onsen consideration) ofall quale ‘io ofbjeca aa the relationships between them that arepesen he See cet sooner o later they come sross quale enti ‘eekciing dea sts, Stade wit unstructured taking styles (eon cota They often conser and arly een pute and laoshipthat may ormay sake ct dacovery atte principle for selvings novel problem three they often fave ale cases and solv novel problems incor Tee fhe parcholog of creativity Russia began wit tude of predate thnsing nd nig. Creative thinking in then once er tions of Soviet paychalogiss, canbe characterized a aftsbuting apr he producon of dea heretofore missing ftom an individ Terecprenc and nt necessarily to the production of as that ae sare ePenpargon with Ue na of thers. Specialy the eld was TSrpelled to demysifyceatvity and to Aid ebective mechani