Certainly there are men out there, like my friend Jim, who also feel the tug of what psychologist Erik Erikson called generativity _ that is, the importance of knowing your existence is not bound to this time and space.
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The effects of taking care of one's children include enhanced self-esteem, increased marital happiness and the quality psychoanalyst Erik Erikson called " generativity, " referring to the ability to sacrifice and take responsibility for others.
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"Generativity vs . Stagnation " and " Ego Integrity vs . Despair, " he displays a laconic wisdom that, in a few hundred words, captures the profundities of creativity, autonomy, selfless love and death.
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Jonathan Zittrain defines the term, " Generativity is a system's capacity to produce unanticipated change through unfiltered contributions from broad and varied audiences . "-The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It . ( Pg . 70)
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In a series of studies with animals and people, Epstein showed that Generativity Theory, cast into a series of equations called " transformation functions " and instantiated in a computer model, could be used to predict novel, creative behavior moment-to-moment in time in both animals and people under controlled laboratory conditions.
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Peter is middle-aged and he follows the model of Erik Erikson ( identity and lifestyle ) at the stage of " generativity vs . stagnation . " One of the central tasks of this lifestyle is the passing on of this life to the next generation, building a house and trying to improve public-mindedness.
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Six separate factors are cited as evidence for religion's effect on well-being : religion ( 1 ) provides social support, ( 2 ) supports healthy lifestyles, ( 3 ) promotes personality integration, ( 4 ) promotes generativity and altruism, ( 5 ) provides unique coping strategies, and ( 6 ) provides a sense of meaning and purpose.
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It s a real show with all the horror and comity of being, shredded thus ", and, " Generativity, producing, creating, these makings of words and deeds to thieve from Arendt they are fully capable of producing horrors if one seeks to create only within the loneliness of those grave and grainy rooms of modernity or postmodernity or what have you.
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""'Ambient Machines " "'was Marc Lafia s next online work in Java and Flash that was first exhibited at Open Source Lounge, Medi @ terra Festival Athens, Greece in 2000 . " Ambient Machines " was a further development of Lafia s ideas about shared authorship, the locus of editorial control in film, and generativity of complex cinematic behavior from simple rules.
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Over the years, Generativity Theory has given rise to a new competency-based technology for enhancing creativity in both individuals and groups, summarized in an extensive review in the " Encyclopedia of Creativity ", in Epstein's book " The Big Book of Creativity Games ", in a 2008 study published in the " Creativity Research Journal ", and in articles in " Psychology Today ", " Scientific American Mind ", and elsewhere.
