Animal creativity and innovation
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Animal creativity and innovation
（Explorations in creativity research / series editor, James C. Kaufman）
Academic Press, c2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Animal Creativity and Innovation explores theories and research on animal innovation and creativity, comparing and contrasting it with theory and research on human creativity and innovation. In doing so, it encompasses findings from psychology, biology, neuroscience, engineering, business, ecology, and education. The book includes examples of animal innovation in parrots, dogs, marine mammals, insects, and primates, exploring parallels from creative play in children. The book defines creativity, differentiating it from play, and looks at evolutionary models and neurological constructs. The book further explores applied aspects of animal innovation and creativity including tool use and group dynamics, as well as barriers to creativity. The final chapters look into how creative behavior may be taught or trained. Each chapter is followed by a commentary for integration of thoughts and ideas between animal and human research, behavioral and cognitive research, and theory and observation in real life.
Table of Contents
Part I - Evidences of Creativity
Chapter 1 - Creativity and Innovation in the Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) - Irene M. Pepperberg Commentary - Ronald A. Beghetto Chapter 2 - Creativity in the Interaction: The Case of Dog--Human Play - Robert W. Mitchell Commentary - Jessica Hoffmann Chapter 3 - Exploration Technique and Technical Innovations in Corvids and Parrots - Alice M. I. Auersperg Commentary - Beth A. Hennessey, John H. Stathis Chapter 4 - Cetacean Innovation - Eric M. Patterson and Janet Mann Commentary - Vlad Petre Glaveanu
Part II - Requirements for Creativity
Chapter 5 - Creativity, Play, and the Pace of Evolution - Gordon Burghardt Commentary - Sandra W. Russ Chapter 6 - The Evolution of Innovativeness: Exaptation or Specialized Adaptation? - Daniel Sol Commentary - Liane Gabora, Apara Ranjan Chapter 7 - The Creative Cerebellum: Insight from Animal and Human Studies - Laura Petrosini, Debora Cutuli, Paola De Bartolo, Daniela Laricchiuta Commentary - Mathias Benedek Chapter 8 - Animal Creativity: Cross-Species Studies of Cognition - Kendra S. Knudsen, David S. Kaufman, Stephanie A. White, Alcino J. Silva, David J. Jentsch, Robert M. Bilder Commentary - Oshin Vartanian
Part III - The Struggle for Creativity
Chapter 9 - Brain Size and Innovation in Primates - Ana Navarette and Kevin Laland Commentary - Thomas B. Ward Chapter 10 - Minding the Gap: A Comparative Approach to Studying the Development of Innovation - Jackie Chappell, Nicola Cutting, Emma C. Tecwyn, Ian A. Apperly, Sarah R. Beck, Susannah K. S. Thorpe Commentary - Roni Reiter-Palmon Chapter 11 - Necessity, Unpredictability and Opportunity: An Exploration of Ecological and Social Drivers of Behavioral Innovation - Phyllis C. Lee and Antonio C. de A. Moura Commentary - Marie J. C. Forgeard and Eranda Jayawickreme Chapter 12 - Cognitive and Noncognitive Aspects of Social Learning - Thomas R. Zentall Commentary - John Baer Chapter 13 - Of Course Animals are Creative: Insights from Generativity Theory - Robert Epstein Commentary - Dean Keith Simonton
Part IV - Pushing the Boundaries of Creativity
Chapter 14 - Conservatism Versus Innovation: The Great Ape Story - Josep Call Commentary - Weihua Niu Chapter 15 - Tools for the Trees: Orangutan Arboreal Tool Use and Creativity - Anne E. Russon, Purwo Kuncoro, and Agnes Ferisa Commentary - David H. Cropley Chapter 16 - Insects as a Model System to Understand the Evolutionary Implications of Innovation - Emilie Snell-Rood, Eli Swanson, and Sarah Jaumann Commentary - Samuel T. Hunter Chapter 17 - Creating Creative Animals - Karen Pryor Commentary - James C. Kaufman Chapter 18 - Animal Creativity and Innovation: An Integrated Look at the Field - William J. O'Hearn, Allison B. Kaufman, and James C. Kaufman
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