{"title":"Role of Cognitive Flexibility in Bilingualism and Creativity","authors":"Daehyun Kim , Mark A. Runco","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100032","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study examined cognitive flexibility as a mediator in the relationship between bilingualism and creativity. Other variables, such as cultural orientation, multicultural experience, and second language acquisition age, were also included to comprehensively understand associations with creativity. The mediation effect of cognitive flexibility was analyzed using a bootstrapping method with a sample of 89 Korean-English bilingual college students through an online survey. Findings indicated that bilingualism was not statistically associated with creativity but that cognitive flexibility mediated the relationship between bilingualism and creative ideation (i.e., fluency, originality, and flexibility), indicating that the relationship of creative ideation with bilingualism depended on cognitive flexibility. Also, cognitive flexibility played an important role in the relationship between multicultural experience and two indices of creative potential (i.e., fluency and flexibility, but not originality). Bilingualism was the most accurate predictor of cognitive flexibility. Limitations and future research are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 3","pages":"Article 100032"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000152/pdfft?md5=aed06080ee46792dac01cc3d52918aa9&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000152-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73765898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creativity in science, engineering, and the arts: A study of undergraduate students’ perceptions","authors":"Dildora F. Beaulieu","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Creativity is widely recognized as being invaluable for human development and a crucial 21st century talent. Preparing students for an uncertain and complex world requires that higher education promote students’ imagination, originality, curiosity, and flexibility and build their capacity to take risks to try new approaches to problem-posing and problem-solving. However, little is known about how undergraduates enrolled in different disciplines view creativity. This quantitative study at a university in the northwestern United States assessed how undergraduate students in different academic disciplines responded to an instrument on creativity measurement developed by Dlouhy (2012). The study asked: How do undergraduates in science, engineering, and the arts compare in their <em>perceptions of creativity</em>, their <em>creativity self-perception</em>, and their views about the role of <em>creativity in education</em>? Through principal component analysis, I found that the three perceptual components of creativity were highly correlated; therefore, I conducted my analysis with a single response variable of <em>overall creativity</em>, representing summed perception across the three components. Through multiple linear regression, I found that academic discipline was a significant predictor of perceptions of creativity, with students in the arts scoring 6.6% higher than students in engineering and 6.4% higher than those in science-related programs. Science and engineering students scored nearly equally in their perceptions of creativity, with science students scoring only 0.2% higher than engineering students. Given the importance of creativity in all fields, I recommend that future researchers explore the potential for interventions in post-secondary science and engineering courses to increase students’ perceptions of creativity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 3","pages":"Article 100035"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000188/pdfft?md5=2103c6db0d30968584c73caf6cdf1bbc&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000188-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136940326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of positive affect and humor on divergent thinking","authors":"Sarah Lee, Jared B. Kenworthy, Paul B. Paulus","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We replicated prior findings that a positive affect induction can improve creative performance (Baas et al., 2008) relative to a neutral control condition. We also tested whether humor improved creativity relative to both positive and neutral affect conditions. Participants were randomly assigned to either a positive, humor, or neutral affect induction condition with sets of ten memes as the mood induction stimuli. They were subsequently asked to complete two randomized divergent thinking creativity tasks. Compared to participants in the neutral condition, those in the positive affect condition generated significantly more creative ideas. The number of ideas generated by those in the humor condition did not differ from the number ideas in the positive affect condition. Implications and future directions are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 3","pages":"Article 100037"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000206/pdfft?md5=9765e3053b3d3e30343244efc9ebb53e&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000206-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74481662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Game-changers accessing breakthrough: A general theory?","authors":"Glenn B Rothberg","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100033","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article is a revised narrative based on a visual presentation delivered 15<sup>th</sup> July, at the 2022 Southern Oregon University (SOU) <em>Creativity Conference</em>, Ashland, Oregon, USA. The article discusses a fresh, accessible, framework researched and developed about Breakthrough, witnessed through familiar attributes that add value, and which appears to be universal. The article suggests that, compared with typical outcomes from mainstream disciplines – including Creativity and Management – the value of a Breakthrough outcome is superior. The article also notes that, while most disciplines involve processes that take decision-making so far, an emergent <em>General Theory of Breakthrough</em> goes even further. Exposing some anomalies and shortcomings among mainstream best practices, the article also suggests how this approach to Breakthrough can upgrade disciplines, and help decision-makers become more valuable, as game-changers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 3","pages":"Article 100033"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000164/pdfft?md5=e4f91b05e0796e24060bb059c83e16b1&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000164-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75935598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creative prerequisites for innovation in group collaboration—A case study of slow-TV, the genesis of a Norwegian television genre","authors":"Elisabeth Morney","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This case study explores creative prerequisites in the innovation of a new television genre, Slow-TV, produced by the Norwegian Television NRK Hordaland. In-depth interviews were conducted with three key persons creating the television show. The outcome of the article resonates with Amabile's (1998) research on organizational creativity and suggests individual freedom, sufficient resources, supportive leadership, but also individual creative space and time are requisites for creativity to happen. Passion among the persons driving the idea forward supports creativity, as well as trust and a psychologically safe environment between the persons developing the idea and the management. This research may be a useful contribution regarding the creative press for collaborative innovation and it aims to be useful for practitioners of television when innovating audiovisual content.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 3","pages":"Article 100031"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000140/pdfft?md5=498d3cb0a7a3612209a250a3e81ddf1c&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000140-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86977205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of multi-level dialectical emotion on creativity","authors":"Hai Li , Hang Yang , Ying Li , Jinqiang Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100030","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Dialectical emotion refers to a psychological state in which positive emotion and negative emotion coexist. From the perspective of individuals and teams, this research explored the influence mechanism of individual and team dialectical emotion on individual creativity and tested the mediating role of team innovation climate. The study collected 157 sets of valid questionnaires and tested the hypotheses using a cross-level structural equation model. The results showed that individual dialectical emotion had a positive impact on individual creativity, team dialectical emotion had a negative impact on individual creativity, and team innovation climate mediated the relationship between team dialectical emotion and individual creativity. This research considers the coexistence of positive emotion and negative emotion, which provides a new perspective on the relationship between emotion and creativity. These findings advanced theories related to emotion and creativity by explaining how individual and team dialectical emotions influence individual creativity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 3","pages":"Article 100030"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000139/pdfft?md5=85315f2fad73ef5ae8c6ad7baf5511b2&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000139-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73038180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The future of creativity research: Where are we, and where should we go","authors":"Michael D. Mumford , Samantha England","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Over the course of the last thirty years, we have made substantial progress in our understanding of creative problem-solving and creative performance. As is always the case, however, progress in our research raises as many new questions as answers. In the present effort, we examine key findings that have emerged in key areas of creativity research including abilities, creative problem-solving processes, creative thinking skills, personality, social interactions, work climate, and environmental context. In each area we examine new questions arising from prior research. Directions for future research on creative performance are also discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 3","pages":"Article 100034"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000176/pdfft?md5=2559bc87168904e4a9411c77a7dbe197&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000176-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79634268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creativity in Science, Engineering, and the Arts: A Study of Undergraduate Students' Perceptions","authors":"Dildora Beaulieu","doi":"10.15760/etd.7723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.7723","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"51 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82288347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert C. Stolz , Angelicque Tucker Blackmon , Kimarie Engerman , Leslyn Tonge , Camille A. McKayle
{"title":"Poised for creativity: Benefits of exposing undergraduate students to creative problem-solving to moderate change in creative self-efficacy and academic achievement","authors":"Robert C. Stolz , Angelicque Tucker Blackmon , Kimarie Engerman , Leslyn Tonge , Camille A. McKayle","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper examines the relationship between creativity, creative self-efficacy, creative problem-solving, general self-efficacy, growth mindset and academic achievement. Creative self-efficacy, and a growth mindset have been identified as critical factors in students’ academic achievement. The underlying research premise is that students who use creative-based approaches including the ability to look at various solutions, tolerate ambiguity, and apply creative problem-solving approaches, produce higher creativity self-efficacy scores and are better equipped to face and overcome current academic and future career challenges. The study took place at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), a learner-centered, primarily undergraduate Historically Black University. It primarily serves the needs of the United States Virgin Islands population. Elements of creativity–and innovation–are infused throughout UVI and stated explicitly in its strategic plans. UVI encourages creativity and students’ growth mindset to prepare students for future STEM and other academic success.</p></div><div><h3>Funding</h3><p>This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF Grant No. 1644940 and 1623126. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 2","pages":"Article 100024"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000097/pdfft?md5=b5616a745d26e111bc6ae5f521ecb232&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000097-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91760902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adapting, surviving, discovering: Creative practitioners in the COVID-19 crisis","authors":"Valeria Duarte , David Gauntlett","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100027","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the work and creative practice of individuals who identify as artists, producers or makers. Through qualitative, open-ended interviews, this research demonstrates that, regardless of the many obstacles creators had to face, the pandemic translated into an opportunity to advance new knowledge about themselves, their values and motivations, and identify how they would like to manage their creative practice in the future. The paper ends with three key findings. First, the challenges of this time prompted participants to generate new perceptions of their creative identity. Second, they often found a valuable connection to nature and ‘the great outdoors’ amid the pandemic. Third, the most pressing challenges they had to face were related to their mental health and financial stability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 2","pages":"Article 100027"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000103/pdfft?md5=9d137523aecc9d93174869f3f3aa36ce&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000103-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91760904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}