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Enhancing Creative Performance: Effects of Expected Developmental Assessment Strategies and Creative Personality.
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Zhou, Jing; Oldham, Greg R. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2001
This study examined the independent and joint effects of expected developmental assessment strategies (self-administered, other-administered, and no assessment) and creative personality on the creative performance of 68 college students who performed a role playing task in a laboratory setting. The highest creative performances were exhibited when…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Development, Creativity, Personality Traits
An Interactionist Model of Creative Behavior.
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Woodman, Richard W.; Schoenfeldt, Lyle F. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1990
An interactionist model of creative behavior is proposed, combining elements of the personality, cognitive, and social psychology perspectives on creativity. The model considers the interplay of factors including antecedent conditions, creative behavior, consequences, the individual, cognitive style/ability, personality traits, contextual…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Creative Development
College Level Creativity Course Content.
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Montgomery, Diane; And Others – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1992
The contents of 67 college-level creativity course syllabi were analyzed. A theoretical framework emerged with five dimensions, including social climate, personality characteristics, models or theories, process involved, and product variables related to end results. (DB)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Creative Development, Creativity
Managing Creative People.
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Yong, Leonard M. S. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1994
This article discusses characteristics of creative people (problem sensitivity, idea fluency, originality, and flexibility); the importance of managers appreciating the work styles of creative people; and seven characteristics of an organizational climate that encourages creativity. (DB)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Adults, Business Administration
The Relationship of Mobility-Fixity to Creativity, Formal Reasoning and Intelligence.
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Niaz, Mansoor; De Nunez, Grecia Saud – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
This study investigated 137 Venezuelan college freshmen's performance on the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking as a function of field dependence or independence as well as "field mobility." Findings indicated that the most mobile students performed best on creativity tests whereas "fixed" students performed better on tests of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Style, College Students, Creative Development
Need for Uniqueness, Need for Cognition, and Creativity.
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Dollinger, Stephen J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2003
This study examined two neglected dispositional contributions to creativity, needs for uniqueness and cognition, in 150 undergraduates. Results indicated individuals high in the needs of uniqueness and cognition evidenced more creative past accomplishments and produced richer visual and verbal products, more individualistic photo essays, and more…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Cognitive Ability, College Students, Creative Development