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Rusin, Allison M. (2002). Case studies of deviant creative individuals and their major life achievements. Unpublished masters project, State University of New York College at Buffalo; International Center for Studies in Creativity, Buffalo, NY.

Type of Resource: Dissertation/Thesis
Libary of Congress (LC) or Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) Call Number:
LC: HV6080 .R87 2002
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The author explores the lives of three deviant creative individuals; Adolf Hitler, Al Capone, and Nathan Leopold Jr. through autobiographical and biographical data to answer three questions that guide the study. 1. What elements of creative problem solving might have been utilized? 2. Is there a relationship between the creative problem process and the deviant individuals achievements? 3. Are there differences and similarities in the autobiographical and biographical data? The results of the study showed nine similarities between the differences and similarities in the autobiographical and biographical data. Additonally, there were some elements of creative problem solving within the deviant individuals achievements.

Case Studies / Problem Solving / Creative Problem Solving / Product

CBIR Record Number: 124850