Intrinsic motivation and creativity: Opening up a black box

Steele, Logan M.; McIntosh, Tristan; Higgs, Cory

doi:10.4337/9781784715465.00013

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“…In his seminal work, McClelland proposed that ‘a calculated risk’ is an important aspect of scientific performance ( McClelland, 1963 ). Other writers have expressed similar views ( Sternberg and Lubart, 1995 ; Sternberg, 1997 ; Runco, 2015 ; Steele et al, 2016 ), calling a creative act a risk ( Haefele, 1962 ), as well as referring to the willingness of creative individuals to risk the uncertainty of the unknown ( Getzels and Jackson, 1962 ). Despite these suggestions, most of the literature is speculative in nature and little empirical data exists to support such claims.…”

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The Risky Side of Creativity: Domain Specific Risk Taking in Creative Individuals

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Risk taking is often associated with creativity, yet little evidence exists to support this association. The present article aimed to systematically explore this association. In two studies, we investigated the relationship between five different domains of risk taking (financial, health and safety, recreational, ethical and social) and five different measures of creativity. Results from the first (laboratory-based) offline study suggested that creativity is associated with high risk taking tendencies in the social domain but not the other domains. Indeed, in the second study conducted online with a larger and diverse sample, the likelihood of social risk taking was the strongest predictor of creative personality and ideation scores. These findings illustrate the necessity to treat creativity and risk taking as multi-dimensional traits and the need to have a more nuanced framework of creativity and other related cognitive functions.

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“…The results suggested risk-taking was the "strongest predictor of creative personality and ideations scores" (Tyagi, Hanoch, Hall, Runco, & Denham, 2017). The strong relationship between risktaking and creativity holds true across multiple other research efforts (Eisenman, 1987;Pankove & Kogan, 1968;Sternberg, 2012;Steele, McIntosh, & Higgs, 2016). Based on the available literature in the field of creativity research, risk-taking is an individual characteristic closely related with both creative ability and production.…”

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“…Since traditional tests are primarily concerned with divergent thinking, some of the more whole-picture creativity measures set forth in the TCT-DP do not have direct links to the traditional measures. As such, Jellen and Bugingo (1989) (Guilford, 1967a;Guilford, Creativity, 1950;Guilford, Three faces of intellect., 1959;Cropley, 2000;Clapham, 1997;Clapham & Schuster, 1992;Runco, Millar, Acar, & Cramond, 2010;Kim, 2011 Need to explore and understand the known and unknown (Harrison, 2016;Hunter, Abraham, Hunter, Goldberg, & Eastwood, 2016;Windahl, 2017;Litman, 2005) Ne New Elements Originality Ability to generate novel ideas (George & Zhou, 2001;Wutrich & Bates, 2001;Furham, 1999;Perrine & Brodersen, 2005;Dollinger, Urban, & James, 2004;Feist, 2010) Ability to coalesce multiple ideas into one (Runco & Nemiro, 1994;Belski, 2009;English, 1997;Lai, Roan, Greenberg, & Yang, 2008;Ozyurt & Ozyurt, 2015;Wakefield, 1985;Rostan, 1994 Capacity for emotional transference (Genco, Johnson, Holtta-Otto, & Conner Seepersad, 2011;Chan & Schunn, 2014;Gardner & Winner, 1982;Piirto, 2004;Kohn, Paulus, & Korde, 2011;Mednick, 1962 Ability to take action in the face of the unknown (Eisenman, 1987;Pankove & Kogan, 1968;Sternberg, 2012;Steele...…”

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An Investigation of the State of Creativity and Critical Thinking in Engineering Undergraduates

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The goal of an undergraduate engineering education is to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills needed to solve real world problems. Creativity and critical thinking are two abilities essential for success in the workplace, and are highly sought after by employers. However, there is evidence of decreasing creativity and critical thinking in senior engineering students. This study sought to understand if freshman engineering students are measurably more creative, but less capable of critical thinking, than senior undergraduate engineering students. Creativity and critical thinking were measured using the Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production (TCT-DP) and the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA), respectively. The data suggest that freshman engineering students were significantly more creative than senior engineering students. However, senior engineering students were found to be no better at critical thinking than their freshman counterparts. When compared to normative data, the senior engineering students underperformed significantly compared to the general population of senior college students. With study limitations in mind, these findings may suggest that senior engineering students are not only less creative, but also less capable of critical thinking, than when they started their engineering program. If this is indeed the appropriate conclusion, then there is a need to understand the underlying issues driving the decline of creativity and critical thinking in engineering undergraduate students.

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“…Faktor internal lain yang juga penting dalam kreativitas ialah motivasi intrinsik (Amabile, 1996). Hal ini karena motivasi intrinsik dianggap mempromosikan kreativitas melalui perasaan menghargai kompetensi dan minat yang berkontribusi pada pengembangan berkelanjutan dari pengetahuan dan keterampilan yang relevan dengan kreativitas (Steele, Mcintosh, & Higgs, 2017…”

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Hubungan Penerimaan Diri Pada Orangtua Terhadap Kreativitas Individu Dengan Asd Dengan Moderator Dukungan Sosial Pada Orangtua

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2021

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Abstract. Everyone is born with different conditions. On such condition is that individuals are born with ASD conditions. Even with the different conditions, but individuals still have the potential that can be developed. One of these potentials is related to creativity. With the self-acceptance and perceived social support by parents, parents are expected to be able to practice parenting that is suitable for individuals with ASD to develop their potential. The study involved 34 students with autistic and parents in three districts and one municipality in the Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. There instruments used were the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking-Figural, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and Scale of Self-acceptance. Findings from this study indicate that self-acceptance in parents can not predict of individuals with ASD. Then, the social support felt by parents can predict the creativity of individuals with ASD. In addition, social support for parents does not act as a moderator in the relationship between self-acceptance in parents and the creativity of individuals with ASD. This is not in line with previous findings.

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Intrinsic motivation and creativity: Opening up a black box

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The Risky Side of Creativity: Domain Specific Risk Taking in Creative Individuals

The Risky Side of Creativity: Domain Specific Risk Taking in Creative Individuals

An Investigation of the State of Creativity and Critical Thinking in Engineering Undergraduates

Hubungan Penerimaan Diri Pada Orangtua Terhadap Kreativitas Individu Dengan Asd Dengan Moderator Dukungan Sosial Pada Orangtua

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