Abstract
Psychological research on human creativity focuses primarily on individual creative performance. Assessing creative performance is, however, also a matter of expert evaluation. Few psychological studies model this aspect explicitly as a human process, let alone measure creativity longitudinally. An agent-based model was built to explore the effects contextual factors such as evaluation and temporality have on creativity. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's systems perspective of creativity is used as the model's framework, and stylized facts from the domain of creativity research in psychology provide the model's contents. Theoretical experimentation with the model indicated evaluators and their selection criteria play a bearing role in constructing human creativity. This insight has major implications for designing future creativity research in psychology.
Highlights
1.1 The phenomenon of creativity captures the awareness of countless experts in psychological science (Cropley et al 2010; Glover et al 2010; Kaufman & Sternberg 2006, 2010; Mumford 2011; Piirto 2004; Runco 1997, 2007; Runco & Pritzker 2011; Sawyer 2006; Sternberg 1999b; Sternberg et al 2004; Zhou & Shalley 2007)
Hermes da Fonseca & Witte (2009) conducted a near-replication of Wehner et al.'s (1991) work and produced very similar results: Almost 20 years later, creativity researchers in the domain of psychology still place the most emphasis on studying individuals and their traits
5.1 Stylized facts from the domain of creativity research in psychological science were incorporated in CRESY, an agent-based model build to describe and test a systems perspective of creativity
Summary
1.1 The phenomenon of creativity captures the awareness of countless experts in psychological science (Cropley et al 2010; Glover et al 2010; Kaufman & Sternberg 2006, 2010; Mumford 2011; Piirto 2004; Runco 1997, 2007; Runco & Pritzker 2011; Sawyer 2006; Sternberg 1999b; Sternberg et al 2004; Zhou & Shalley 2007). Wehner, Csikszentmihalyi and Magyari-Beck (1991) investigated approaches used in research on creativity to assess how the construct is studied. Wehner, Csikszentmihalyi and Magyari-Beck (1991) investigated approaches used in research on creativity to assess how the construct is studied Using their own taxonomy, they classified scientific work according to its examined social level (individual, group, organization or culture), aspect (trait, process or product) and methodology (quantitative or qualitative; empirical or theoretical). Hermes da Fonseca & Witte (2009) conducted a near-replication of Wehner et al.'s (1991) work and produced very similar results: Almost 20 years later, creativity researchers in the domain of psychology still place the most emphasis on studying individuals and their traits. This holds for neighboring disciplines such as education and social sciences
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