General and Domain-Specific Contributions to Creative Ideation and Creative Performance

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  • Donggun An
  • Mark A. Runco
چکیده

The general objective of this study was to reexamine two views of creativity, one positing that there is a general creative capacity or talent and the other that creativity is domain-specific. These two views were compared by (a) testing correlations among measures of domain-general and domain-specific creativity and (b) examining how the general and the specific measures was each related to indices of knowledge, motivation, and personality. Participants were 147 college students enrolled in a foreign language course. Data were collected on participants' domain knowledge, motivation, and creative personality, as well as four measures representing "General or Domain-Specific Creative Ideation" or "Creative Performance and Activity". Results indicated that the four measures of creativity were correlated with one another, except for "General Performance and Activity" and "Domain-Specific Ideation." A canonical correlation indicated that knowledge, motivation, and personality were significantly correlated with the four creativity measures (Rc = .49, p < .01). Multiple regressions uncovered particular relationships consistent with the view that creativity has both general and domain-specific contributions. Limitations, such as the focus on one domain, and future directions are discussed.

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دوره 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016