Psychology
Maria Castro 
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Creative Genius
Characteristics
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B. The relation between creative achievement and psychopathology.
1. Ludwig (1995) Historiometric Approach:
General conclusions based on lives of 1,000 eminent personalities
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c. Considerable variation across domains
Domain % with mental disorder,
psychological problems
Natural Sciences
Composers
Visual Artists
Playwrights
Fiction Writers
Poets
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2. Evidence from studies based on psychological tests.
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a. Creative achievers are characterized by high levels of psychopathology.
(Based on research from Berkeley’s Institute for Personality and Research and MMPI.)
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-. Compared to the general population,
depression,
hypomania,
schizophrenia,
paranoia,
psychopathic deviation,
hysteria,
hypochondriasis,
psychaesthenia (diffuse anxiety).
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-. Compared to the general population,
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b. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) –
Psychoticism
-. low end:
socialized, conventional, conformist, empathic, even altruistic
-. high end:
impulsive, egocentric, antisocial, impersonal, hostile, aggressive, at times to a criminal degree.
-. extreme end:
psychopathic, schizophrenic, affective disorders
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Psychoticism’s contributions to creativity.
-. buck tradition,
don’t care about pleasing people,
persistent and self-centered.
-. Think in unusual ways (off-beat, bizarre associations, primary process imagery similar to schizophrenics)
Bernini
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Psychoticism’s contributions to creativity.
-. buck tradition,
don’t care about pleasing people,
persistent and self-centered.
-. Think in unusual ways (off-beat, bizarre associations, primary process imagery similar to schizophrenics)
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c. Creative subjects also scored abnormally high on scales relating to
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-. True psychotics do not take criticism well.
-. Although there is a great deal of similarity between the works of true schizophrenics and authentic poets, there is one difference:
Schizophrenics refuse to revise (fragile ego).
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d. The Balancing Act
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Zadie Smith
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3. Motivational traits (Ochse, 1990)
a. The most salient and most consistent characteristic of creative achievers is
b. Roe's study of 64 eminent scientists: one thing all had in common was
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