Below is the complete schedule of all 28 regular lectures. On separate webpages can be found complete topic outlines as well as representive references. The latter can serve as a take-off point for the research on your term paper, should you wish to pursue a topic treated in that lecture. The links for each lecture are targeted to the appropriate section of the corresponding page.
I. PERSPECTIVES ON GENIUS
A. Defining the Phenomenon
1. Genius I: Definitions & manifestations (outline / references)
2. Genius II: Measurement (outline / references)
B. Studying the Phenomenon
3. Laboratory experiments: Problem solving (outline / references)
4. Artificial intelligence: Computer simulation (outline / references)
5. Content analysis: Subjective & objective (outline / references)
6. Psychometric methods: IQ tests (outline / references)
7. Longitudinal studies: Terman’s gifted children (outline / references)
8. Historiometric inquiries: Cox’s 301 geniuses (outline / references)
9. Mathematical models: IQ & influence (outline / references)
II. ATTRIBUTES OF GENIUS
A. The Person
10. Creativity tests: CQ (outline / references)
11. Personality: Interview & assessment (outline / references)
12. Cognition: Integrative complexity (outline / references)
13. Motivation: Achievement, power, affiliation (outline / references)
14. Madness vs. mental health (outline / references)
B. The Product
15. Age & achievement: Longitudinal changes (outline / references)
16. Lifetime output: Individual differences (outline / references)
17. Experimental aesthetics (outline / references)
18. Computer analysis of masterworks (outline / references)
III. ORIGINS OF GENIUS
A. Individual Growth
19. Development I: Child prodigies & the gifted (outline / references)
20. Development II: Family environment (outline / references)
21. Development III: Education (outline / references)
22. Development IV: Social context (outline / references)
B. Situational Influences
23. Genius vs. Zeitgeist I: Art (outline / references)
24. Genius vs. Zeitgeist II: Literature (outline / references)
25. Genius vs. Zeitgeist III: Philosophy (outline / references)
26. Genius vs. Zeitgeist IV: Science (outline / references)
27. Genius vs. Zeitgeist V: Politics (outline / references)
IV. OVERVIEW ON GENIUS
28. Creativity & leadership: Final inquiries (outline / references)