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ABSTRACTThis study compared neurotic and depressive personality characteristics in creative achievers versus eminent but non‐creative achievers. Forty‐eight subjects' (25 men, 23 women) autobiographies were assessed by trained raters on personality using the California Q‐Set. Creative achievers included literary and visual artists whereas the control group consisted of political, military and social leaders. The Q‐Set ratings were used to assess the five factors of personality (neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness). Neuroticism was further divided into subscales that assessed depressive style, impulsivity and anxiety. Results showed that creative achievers were rated significantly higher than controls on general neuroticism, as well as on depressive style and impulsivity. Creative achievers did not differ from controls in anxiety. It was also found that creative achievers were rated significantly higher than controls on openness to experience and agreeableness, but lower on conscientiousness. None of the effects for creativity was affected by subjec

ISSN:0022-0175    

DOI:10.1002/j.2162-6057.1995.tb00738.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTA music mood induction was used to induce either elated, depressed, or neutral mood in 71 college undergraduates. The elated group scored significantly higher than the depressed group on mood ratings. Creativity measures administered to each group revealed that subjects in the elated and depressed groups showed significantly greater creativity than subjects in the neutral group. Findings were interpreted in light of existing research on the relationship between mood and creativity.

ISSN:0022-0175    

DOI:10.1002/j.2162-6057.1995.tb00739.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTMednick (1962) proposed a theory of the creative thinking process which asserts that in generating associative responses to a stimulus, creative individuals are characterized by a flatter associative hierarchy than are less creative individuals. In order to assess this idea, an associative priming paradigm was used to measure latencies to lexical decisions primed by associations of low, medium, or high strength. Mednick's theory was not supported. However, it was found that the responses of creative subjects were uniformly less facilitated at all levels of associative strength. The set of associative strengths employed in the experiment may not have ranged low enough to provide a realistic test of creative processes. If so, then the obtained findings may be consistent with Mednick's theory as it applies to the upper end of the associative continuum.

ISSN:0022-0175    

DOI:10.1002/j.2162-6057.1995.tb00740.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTCreativity occurs within a social context. As such, it is important to consider the environments which foster creative growth. Based on the observations of a small group of interpersonal women, the author describes some of the conditions which proved successful in facilitating the emergence of personal voice in writing. Many parallels surfaced between the appearance of voice in writing and the topic of creativity in general. Certain deeply felt aspects of creativity are difficult to uncover when the methods themselves do not include room for personal expression and response. Storytelling with group response might be a potential resource as yet undeveloped in creativity research.

ISSN:0022-0175    

DOI:10.1002/j.2162-6057.1995.tb00741.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-0175    

DOI:10.1002/j.2162-6057.1995.tb00742.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-0175    

DOI:10.1002/j.2162-6057.1995.tb00743.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-0175    

DOI:10.1002/j.2162-6057.1995.tb00744.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY