Creativity as a Stepping Stone toward a Brighter Future

Kaufman, James C.

doi:10.3390/jintelligence6020021

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“…Creativity is a skill related to well-being and healthy development and relates to our sense of self-expression and identity [5,6]. It can be what contributes to moods of joy, wonder, excitement, efficiency, and pleasure [7,8]. Additionally, creativity is considered a transferable skill since it benefits several areas of human development, growth, and learning [9,10].…”

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Creativity Encounters Between Children and Robots

Alves‐Oliveira

Arriaga

Cronin

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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Creativity is an intrinsic human ability with multiple benefits across the lifespan. Despite its importance, societies not always are well equipped with contexts for creativity stimulation; as a consequence, a major decline in creative abilities occurs at the age of 7 years old. We investigated the effectiveness of using a robotic system named YOLO as an intervention tool to stimulate creativity in children. During the intervention, children used YOLO as a character for their stories and through the interaction with the robot, creative abilities were stimulated. Our study (n = 62) included 3 experimental conditions: i) YOLO displayed behaviors based on creativity techniques; ii) YOLO displayed behaviors based on creativity techniques plus social behaviors; iii) YOLO was turned off, not displaying any behaviors. We measured children's creative abilities at pre-and post-testing and their creative process through behavior analysis. Results showed that the interaction with YOLO contributed to higher creativity levels in children, specifically contributing to the generation of more original ideas during story creation. This study shows the potential of using social robots as tools to empower intrinsic human abilities, such as the ability to be creative.

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Creativity Encounters Between Children and Robots

Alves‐Oliveira

Arriaga

Cronin

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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“…This basic process continued throughout his entire life, though it was doubtless refined as time wore on. Creativity research supports what Lagerfeld’s specific experience bore out: Not only at its root, but also throughout its development, creativity seems to be strongly connected to meaning-making and meaning in life ( Kaufman, 2018a , 2018b ).…”

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The emperor of fashion’s new starts: Creativity and meaning in life in Karl Lagerfeld

Mayer

Kelley²

2021

Eur. J. Psychol.

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During his lifetime, Karl Otto Lagerfeld (1933–2018) attained such industry renown that he became widely known as the Emperor of Fashion. Lagerfeld ran several fashion houses, such as Chanel and Fendi, leading them to unprecedented profits. He also created his own fashion label. Owing to his unremitting pursuit of excellence through creative expression, Lagerfeld’s creativity, energy and intuition for fashion trends seemed only to expand throughout his long career. The authors suggest that, through his creative approach to fashion, architecture, and publishing, Lagerfeld articulated and refined a core set of values-such as “Bildung,” “lightness” and “the unexpected”—that served as a Diltheyan “nexus” linking the Prussian-born designer with the global consumer. The authors apply two specific creativity theories to Lagerfeld’s life and work, namely the mini-c, little-c, Pro-c and Big-C creativity theory and Sternberg’s WICS-model (wisdom, intelligence and creativity). The article uses a psychobiographical case study design formulated according to a research paradigm of modern hermeneutics. First- and third-person data on Lagerfeld were collected and evaluated through a hermeneutically-informed syntho-analysis. Research ethics were followed. The findings demonstrate the interplay of mini-c, little-c, Pro-c and Big-C creativity throughout the subject’s lifetime, as well as the subject’s application of WICS, both of which led to the subject’s worldwide success. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations for future research and practice are provided.

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“…Creativity is one of the most sought-after skills, with recognized benefits in education, mental health, and professional success [1,2]. It is associated with states of joy, play, efficiency, and pleasure [3,4]. When stimulated in childhood, it promotes overall development with specific benefits in learning and adaptation.…”

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Software architecture for YOLO, a creativity-stimulating robot

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YOLO is a social robot designed and developed to stimulate creativity in children through storytelling activities. Children use it as a character in their stories. This article details the artificial intelligence software developed for YOLO. The implemented software schedules through several Creativity Behaviors to find the ones that stimulate creativity more effectively. YOLO can choose between convergent and divergent thinking techniques, two important processes of creative thought. These techniques were developed based on the psychological theories of creativity development and on research from creativity experts who work with children. Additionally, this software allows the creation of Social Behaviors that enable the robot to behave as a believable character. On top of our framework, we built 3 main social behavior parameters: Exuberant, Aloof, and Harmonious. These behaviors are meant to ease immersive play and the process of character creation. The 3 social behaviors were based on psychological theories of personality and developed using children's input during co-design studies. Overall, this work presents an attempt to design, develop, and deploy social robots that nurture intrinsic human abilities, such as the ability to be creative.

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Creativity as a Stepping Stone toward a Brighter Future

Cited by 25 publications

References 78 publications

Creativity Encounters Between Children and Robots

Creativity Encounters Between Children and Robots

The emperor of fashion’s new starts: Creativity and meaning in life in Karl Lagerfeld

Software architecture for YOLO, a creativity-stimulating robot

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