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The Author
A
short Biography William A. Therivel
was born in Paris in 1928 from an Italo-French Valdôtain father, and an
Austrian mother. He completed his first studies in 1955 with a degree of Doctor
of Chemical Engineering from the Turin Polytechnic. From 1956 to 1986, he worked
for Italian and American companies, as a business development specialist, in Italy,
Iran, New York, France, Japan, Brazil, England, Belgium, Texas. His success in
these assignments was also due to his fluency in English, French, Italian, German,
and Spanish, and by his life long interest in the history, literature, sociology
and psychology of many of these countries.
He
expanded his studies in psychology with a degree of Doctor of Psychology (Developmental)
from the University of Houston. As research associate, his areas of specialization
are: personality, creativity, ethnopsychology, history, and literature in an interdisciplinary
perspective, with several papers published on each of these subjects.
He is
a frequent contributor to Creativity Research Journal, Journal of Social Behavior
and Personality, Studi Medievali, and Rivista di Studi Italiani.
By: William A. Therivel
- Personalidad
Insular Versus Visitante. [Insular versus visitor personality]. In La Psicología
Social en Mexico (4, pp. 380-87). México: Asociación Mexicana
de Psicología Social. (1992)
- The
challenged personality as a precondition for sustained creativity. Creativity
Research Journal, 6, 413-24. (1993)
- Long-term
effect of power on creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 8, 173-92.
(1995)
- Are
eccentrics creative? On Weeks and James's Eccentrics. [Review of Eccentrics
by D. Weeks & J. James]. Creativity Research Journal, 9, 289-90. (1996)
- American
exceptionalism or American visitor hedgehoggism? Journal of Social Behavior
and Personality, 12, 417-32. (1997a)
- Praised
be Italy for the birth of the visitor personality and Western Civilization. Praised
be Italy for Gregory VII at Canossa, Alexander III at Legnano, Innocent III at
Runnymede; for Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio. Rivista di Studi Italiani, 15,
25-40. (1997b)
- Review
of G. Mazzacurati's "All'ombra di Dioneo". Rivista di Studi Italiani,
15 n.2, 256-61. (1997c)
- Creative
genius and the GAM theory of personality: Why Mozart and not Salieri? Journal
of Social Behavior and Personality, 13, 201-34. (1998)
- Why
are eccentrics not eminently creative? Creativity Research Journal, 12,
47-55. (1999a)
- Why
Mozart and not Salieri. Creativity Research Journal, 12, 67-76. (1999b)
- No
Canossas (Canossa, 1077; Venice, 1177; Runnymede, 1215,) No contemporary division
of power. Studi Medievali, 40, (1), 279-289. (1999c)
- Rinascimento
and Siglo de Oro as "Swan-Songs": Of Swans Oppressed by the Unity
of Power. Rivista di Studi Italiani, 18 (2), 82-96. (2000)
- The
GAM/DP Theory of Personality and Creativity, vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in press (2001
to 2005). Kirk House, Minneapolis, MN.
How to reach the author:
You can email the author at: therivel@earthlink.net
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