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Big C, Little c, Big M, Little m

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Big C, Little c, Big M, Little m

Rich, Grant J.
American Psychologist , Volume 64 (2): 2 – Feb 1, 2009
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American Psychological Association
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Comment Contents that focus on what may be termed “Big C” is open to interview and case study meth- creativity, the type of creativity that is no- ods, since, among other reasons, it is un- ticed and acknowledged by knowledgeable likely given the rarity of Big C creativity others, as is the case with world-famous that a researcher will find a convenient yet Rich on Leung et al. ...........................155 scientists and artists. These studies often large sample of such stature. Some existing Maddux et al. reply ............................156 adopt the “great person” approach and fo- research— utilizing nonquantitative meth- cus on case studies or interviews with a ods— does suggest a potential relationship DOI: 10.1037/a0014533 number of leading creators, whether living between multicultural experience and Big or deceased. For instance, Csikszentmiha- C creativity. In a case study of three emi- lyi (1996) and colleagues interviewed nent musicians that utilized the systems nearly 100 eminent elders including Nobel model of creativity, Csikszentmihalyi and laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Rich (1997) found that the multicultural Grant J. Rich Grammy Award winners. As another ex- experience of Ravi Shankar, Gunther University of Alaska Southeast ample, Gardner (1993) focused a book on Schuller, and

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Published: Feb 1, 2009

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