In the interview with Gregory J. Feist, one of most prolific creativity researchers, we discuss h... more In the interview with Gregory J. Feist, one of most prolific creativity researchers, we discuss his career, main areas of research interest, chosen research methods and share his thoughts about the future of research on creativity and effectiveness in scientific work.
The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to be among the first attempts to validate linguist... more The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to be among the first attempts to validate linguistic analysis as a method of creativity assessment and second, to differentiate between individuals in varying scientific and artistic creativity levels using personality language patterns. Creativity is most commonly assessed through methods such as questionnaires and specific tasks, the validity of which can be weakened by scorer or experimenter error, subjective and response biases, and self-knowledge constraints. Linguistic analysis may provide researchers with an automatic, objective method of assessing creativity, and free from human error and bias. The current study used 419 creativity text samples from a wide range of creative individuals mostly in science (and some in the arts and humanities) to investigate whether linguistic analysis can, in fact, distinguish between creativity levels and creativity domains using creativity dictionaries and personality dimension language patterns...
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality Research
As individual subjects, creativity and personality have been the focus of much research and many ... more As individual subjects, creativity and personality have been the focus of much research and many publications. This Cambridge Handbook is the first to bring together these two topics and explores how personality and behavior affects creativity. Contributors from around the globe present cutting-edge research about how personality traits and motives make creative behavior more likely. Many aspects of personality and behavior are examined in the chapters, including genius, emotions, psychopathology, entrepreneurship, and multiculturalism, to analyse the impact of these on creativity. The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality Research will be the definitive resource for researchers, students and academics who study psychology, personality, and creativity.
In this article, I argue that scientific fame and impact exists on a continuum from the mundane t... more In this article, I argue that scientific fame and impact exists on a continuum from the mundane to the transformative/revolutionary. Ideally, one achieves fame and impact in science by synthesizing two extreme career prototypes: intrinsic and extrinsic research. The former is guided by interest, curiosity, passion, gut, and intuition for important untapped topics. The latter is guided by money, grants, and/or what is being published in top-tier journals. Assessment of fame and impact in science ultimately rests on productivity (publication) and some variation of its impact (citations). In addition to those traditional measures of impact, there are some relatively new metrics (e.g., the h index and altmetrics). If psychology is to achieve consensual cumulative progress and better rates of replication, I propose that upcoming psychologists would do well to understand that success is not equal to fame and that individual career success is not necessarily the same as disciplinary succes...
... Login to save citations to My List. Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Chapter]. The influence of... more ... Login to save citations to My List. Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Chapter]. The influence of personality on artistic and scientific creativity. Handbook of creativity. Feist, Gregory J. Sternberg, Robert J. (Ed), (1999). Handbook of creativity, (pp. 273-296). ...
In the present article, I review and summarize two subdisciplines of the psychology of science, n... more In the present article, I review and summarize two subdisciplines of the psychology of science, namely development and personality. In the first section concerning developmental psychology of science, I review three major developmental topics: 1) the literature on the developmental and familial influences behind scientific interest and scientific talent (e.g., birth-order and theory acceptance, immigrant status and scientific talent); 2) gender and scientific interest and talent; and lastly, 3) age and scientific interest and productivity. In the second section concerning personality psychology of science, I organize the review around four major topics: 1) which traits make scientific interest in general more likely; 2) which traits make interest in specific domains of science more likely (especially social and physical science); 3) which traits make different theoretical orientations more likely; and finally, 4) which traits make scientific achievement and creativity more likely. F...
As the British statesman Edmund Burke once wrote, “Those who do not know history are destined to ... more As the British statesman Edmund Burke once wrote, “Those who do not know history are destined to repeat it.” (Not to be confused with George Santana's comment: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”). The fact is that the history of the psychology of science has been a struggle for existence. If we wish to move away from struggle and toward a comfortable existence, then we need to learn lessons from the other disciplines that successfully have made the transition from fledgling field to fully established scientific discipline. The history, philosophy, and sociology of science are just such established disciplines.
their role of stabilizing conflict in society. As soon as one generalization that is somewhat mor... more their role of stabilizing conflict in society. As soon as one generalization that is somewhat more intraceptive in content appears to be influential, it is replaced by another that may appear to encompass a less intraceptive view (e.g., AIDS and sexual life-style; new wave of anti-Semitic doctrine; effects of concept of legal doctrine that dictates diversity in employment on employee morale in society-at-large and even in higher education). In the final analysis, one would hope that the fine scholarship reflected in Simonton's target article is viewed as more than producing knowledge for its own sake. Exploring the issue of the impact of behavioral generalizations may not only make a contribution in epistemological terms but can present an important challenge to the behavioral sciences. Which of these generalizations that have evolved over the years has truly been accepted by a skeptical society to the point that such generalizations are taken seriously enough to affect public policy, society, and the individual in a manner that contributes to general societal health? What mechanisms can be developed toward this end? If the behavioral sciences do not encompass such an "activist" stance, and the question of impact is left to other agencies, as is most often the case at present, is this ultimately acceptable?
In the interview with Gregory J. Feist, one of most prolific creativity researchers, we discuss h... more In the interview with Gregory J. Feist, one of most prolific creativity researchers, we discuss his career, main areas of research interest, chosen research methods and share his thoughts about the future of research on creativity and effectiveness in scientific work.
The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to be among the first attempts to validate linguist... more The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to be among the first attempts to validate linguistic analysis as a method of creativity assessment and second, to differentiate between individuals in varying scientific and artistic creativity levels using personality language patterns. Creativity is most commonly assessed through methods such as questionnaires and specific tasks, the validity of which can be weakened by scorer or experimenter error, subjective and response biases, and self-knowledge constraints. Linguistic analysis may provide researchers with an automatic, objective method of assessing creativity, and free from human error and bias. The current study used 419 creativity text samples from a wide range of creative individuals mostly in science (and some in the arts and humanities) to investigate whether linguistic analysis can, in fact, distinguish between creativity levels and creativity domains using creativity dictionaries and personality dimension language patterns...
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality Research
As individual subjects, creativity and personality have been the focus of much research and many ... more As individual subjects, creativity and personality have been the focus of much research and many publications. This Cambridge Handbook is the first to bring together these two topics and explores how personality and behavior affects creativity. Contributors from around the globe present cutting-edge research about how personality traits and motives make creative behavior more likely. Many aspects of personality and behavior are examined in the chapters, including genius, emotions, psychopathology, entrepreneurship, and multiculturalism, to analyse the impact of these on creativity. The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality Research will be the definitive resource for researchers, students and academics who study psychology, personality, and creativity.
In this article, I argue that scientific fame and impact exists on a continuum from the mundane t... more In this article, I argue that scientific fame and impact exists on a continuum from the mundane to the transformative/revolutionary. Ideally, one achieves fame and impact in science by synthesizing two extreme career prototypes: intrinsic and extrinsic research. The former is guided by interest, curiosity, passion, gut, and intuition for important untapped topics. The latter is guided by money, grants, and/or what is being published in top-tier journals. Assessment of fame and impact in science ultimately rests on productivity (publication) and some variation of its impact (citations). In addition to those traditional measures of impact, there are some relatively new metrics (e.g., the h index and altmetrics). If psychology is to achieve consensual cumulative progress and better rates of replication, I propose that upcoming psychologists would do well to understand that success is not equal to fame and that individual career success is not necessarily the same as disciplinary succes...
... Login to save citations to My List. Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Chapter]. The influence of... more ... Login to save citations to My List. Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Chapter]. The influence of personality on artistic and scientific creativity. Handbook of creativity. Feist, Gregory J. Sternberg, Robert J. (Ed), (1999). Handbook of creativity, (pp. 273-296). ...
In the present article, I review and summarize two subdisciplines of the psychology of science, n... more In the present article, I review and summarize two subdisciplines of the psychology of science, namely development and personality. In the first section concerning developmental psychology of science, I review three major developmental topics: 1) the literature on the developmental and familial influences behind scientific interest and scientific talent (e.g., birth-order and theory acceptance, immigrant status and scientific talent); 2) gender and scientific interest and talent; and lastly, 3) age and scientific interest and productivity. In the second section concerning personality psychology of science, I organize the review around four major topics: 1) which traits make scientific interest in general more likely; 2) which traits make interest in specific domains of science more likely (especially social and physical science); 3) which traits make different theoretical orientations more likely; and finally, 4) which traits make scientific achievement and creativity more likely. F...
As the British statesman Edmund Burke once wrote, “Those who do not know history are destined to ... more As the British statesman Edmund Burke once wrote, “Those who do not know history are destined to repeat it.” (Not to be confused with George Santana's comment: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”). The fact is that the history of the psychology of science has been a struggle for existence. If we wish to move away from struggle and toward a comfortable existence, then we need to learn lessons from the other disciplines that successfully have made the transition from fledgling field to fully established scientific discipline. The history, philosophy, and sociology of science are just such established disciplines.
their role of stabilizing conflict in society. As soon as one generalization that is somewhat mor... more their role of stabilizing conflict in society. As soon as one generalization that is somewhat more intraceptive in content appears to be influential, it is replaced by another that may appear to encompass a less intraceptive view (e.g., AIDS and sexual life-style; new wave of anti-Semitic doctrine; effects of concept of legal doctrine that dictates diversity in employment on employee morale in society-at-large and even in higher education). In the final analysis, one would hope that the fine scholarship reflected in Simonton's target article is viewed as more than producing knowledge for its own sake. Exploring the issue of the impact of behavioral generalizations may not only make a contribution in epistemological terms but can present an important challenge to the behavioral sciences. Which of these generalizations that have evolved over the years has truly been accepted by a skeptical society to the point that such generalizations are taken seriously enough to affect public policy, society, and the individual in a manner that contributes to general societal health? What mechanisms can be developed toward this end? If the behavioral sciences do not encompass such an "activist" stance, and the question of impact is left to other agencies, as is most often the case at present, is this ultimately acceptable?
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