Publications

Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives

1 Apr 1984
Conference Presentation

The Effect of Reward and Task Label on Children's Verbal Creativity

By: Beth A. Hennessey and Teresa M. Amabile

Keywords: Creativity; Spoken Communication; Motivation and Incentives

1984
Article

Children's Artistic Creativity: Effects of Choice in Task Materials

By: T. M. Amabile and J. Gitomer

Preschool boys and girls made collages using a subset of a large array of materials. Half of the children were allowed to choose those materials they would use. For the rest of the children, the choice was made by the experimenter. Children in the no-choice condition... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Early Childhood Education; Social Psychology; Decision Choices and Conditions

1 Sep 1983
Conference Presentation

Social Environments that Kill Creativity

Keywords: Creativity

1 Aug 1983
Conference Presentation

Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writing

Keywords: Creativity; Nonverbal Communication; Motivation and Incentives

1983
Book

The Social Psychology of Creativity

Keywords: Creativity

August 1983
Article

The Social Psychology of Creativity: A Componential Conceptualization

Considers the definition and assessment of creativity and presents a componential framework for conceptualizing this faculty. Including domain-relevant skills, creativity-relevant skills, and task motivation as a set of necessary and sufficient components of... View Details

Keywords: Theory; Social Psychology; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Motivation and Incentives; Personal Characteristics

1982
Article

Children's Artistic Creativity: Detrimental Effects of Competition in a Field Setting

Girls whose ages ranged from 7 to 11 years made paper collages during 1 of 2 residential parties. Those in the experimental group were competing for prizes, whereas those in the control group expected that the prizes would be raffled off. Artist-judges later rated each... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Early Childhood Education; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment; Competition; Teaching

November 1982
Article

The Social Psychology of Creativity: A Consensual Assessment Technique

States that both the popular creativity tests, such as the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, and the subjective assessment techniques used in some previous creativity studies are ill-suited to social psychological studies of creativity. A consensual definition of... View Details

Keywords: Social Psychology; Creativity; Measurement and Metrics; Research; Perception; Theory

1 Oct 1981
Conference Presentation

Creativity: Some Stories and a Model

Keywords: Creativity

01 Nov 1979
Conference Presentation

Exploring the Relationship Between Fantasy and Creativity

By: M. L. Stubbs and Teresa M. Amabile

Keywords: Creativity

1 Sep 1979
Conference Presentation

An Examination of the Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on Creativity

By: S. Berglas, Teresa M. Amabile and M. Handel

Keywords: Creativity

February 1979
Article

Effects of External Evaluation on Artistic Creativity

Examined the conditions under which the imposition of an extrinsic constraint upon performance of an activity can lead to decrements in creativity. 95 female undergraduates worked on an art activity either with or without the expectation of external evaluation. In... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Social Psychology; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment

1 Oct 1978
Conference Presentation

Stifling Creativity

Keywords: Creativity

1 Apr 1978
Conference Presentation

Effects of Evaluation Expectation on Artistic Creativity

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Creativity