Creativity in action

Todd Lubart Paris Descartes University, Psychology Institute, LATI (Laboratory focusing on human potential, creativity, and workplace health and security)‏

Creative

Person &

process

Two ways to go : 1. measure the creative ingredients, develop them

2. track the creative process, develop it.

→ Differentiated curriculum model

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Creative Profiler (Lubart, Zenasni, Barbot, 2013)‏

A measurement tool for adult creative potential in a job context

Measures 10 characteristics that are important ingredients for creativity (5 cognitive abilities, 5 personality traits)‏ The tool is adapted for each job context (content of some tasks, weighting of each component are adapted)‏

Multivariate approach

Cognitive factors Specific abilities

Knowledge

Conative-Affective factors

Specific personality traits Motivation

Emotion

Environment

Creative potential

according to the domain

Creative Production (achievement - talent)‏

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Creative Profiler (Lubart, Zenasni, Barbot, ‏(2013

Divergent thinking

Mental flexibility

Associative capacity

Selective combination

Analytic thinking

Intuitive style

Risk taking

Ambiguity tolerance

openness

Motivation to create

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reference group

Extended scoring method : “profile of crime”

Exp. Profile: Creative Artist

Exp. Profile “creative manager »

Exp.Profile “creative Designer”

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45%

55% Candidate's profile

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Analogical thinking Divergent thinking Risk taking

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₋Advanced students

₋(artists, designers,

₋engineers, writers

₋Composers)‏

₋Diaries

₋Notebooks,

₋8 to 12 sessions ₋

Process Studies

Results – General Pattern

- Dialogue avec

autrui

- Doutes/stress

- Frustration - Intuition

- Travail en équipe

- Frustration

- Convaincre les autres

- Doutes/stress

- Frustration

- Déception

- Intuition

- Prise de risque

- Convaincre les autres

- Surprise

- Force de travail

- Persévérance

- Patience

- Rigueur

- Prise

de risque

- Rigueur

- Perfectionnisme

- Convaincre les autres

- Travail en équipe

- Perfectionnisme

- Convaincre les autres

- Perfectionnisme

- Satisfaction

- Positiver

Définir

Illuminer Hasard

Documenter Expérimenter

Converger

Contraintes

Finaliser

Associer Evaluer

Questionner

Pause Réaliser

C+ : 7 with the highest scores (17 or 18/20)‏

C- : 5 students with the lowest scores (10 or

‏(11/20

Results – Contrasted groups

Results: C+

- Ouverture

- Dialogue

- Travail en équipe

- Communiquer

avec les autres

- Patience

- Ouverture

- Satisfaction

- Convaincre

- Doutes / Stress

- Déception

- Doutes / Stress

- Positiver

- Doutes / Stress

- Frustration

- Demander un avis

- Communiquer

- Prise de risque

- Frustration

- Déception

- Incertitudes

- Convaincre

- Travail en équipe

Questionner

Définir

Hasard

Documenter Expérimenter

Converger

Contraintes

Finaliser

Associer Evaluer

Réaliser Pause

Illuminer

Results: C-

- Demander avis

- Communiquer

- Convaincre

- Déception

- Perfectionnisme

- Dialoguer

- Déception

- Intuition

- Surprise

- Persévérance

- Forcer à travailler

- Incertitudes

- Frustration

- Intuition

- Ouverture

- Intuition

- Prise de risque

- Surprise

- Patience

- Doutes / Stress

- Frustration

- Dialoguer

- Demander avis

- Convaincre

- Doutes / Stress

- Déception

- Tous cognitifs

- Positiver

- Ouverture

- Satisfaction

- Convaincre

- Communiquer

- Intuition

- Prise de risque

- Satisfaction

- Dialoguer

- Communiquer

- Convaincre

- Travail en équipe

- Demander

un avis

Questionner

Définir

Illuminer Hasard

Documenter Expérimenter

Converger

Contraintes

Finaliser

Associer Evaluer

Réaliser Pause

Transitions and Characteristics Transition: define problem --> (C+ get documentation),(C- start experimenting)‏ Psychological characteristics associated with: experimenting: C+ positive, motivational C- stressful, doubt, frustrating

Compare C+ and C- students on technical invention-engineering (camping car)‏

First 5 sessions Last 5 sessions

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The process of creation can be modelled as a complex sequence of actions

Process differences are related to the level of creative outcomes

Possible training programs can be proposed

Putting it all together :