Self-awareness, self-evaluation, and creativity |
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Authors: | Silvia Paul J Phillips Ann G |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 27402-6170, USA. p_silvia@uncg.edu |
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Abstract: | The present research examined when self-evaluation influences creativity. Based on objective self-awareness theory, the authors predicted that feeling able to improve would buffer against the detrimental effects of self-evaluation on creativity. Two experiments manipulated self-evaluation (varying self-awareness, Study 1; providing objective performance standards, Study 2) and perceived ability to improve potential failure on the creativity task. Self-evaluation reduced creativity (generating remote associates, finding unusual uses for a knife) in both experiments, but only when people did not expect to improve. When people felt able to improve, self-evaluation did not affect creativity. Connections between self-motives, creativity, and defensiveness are discussed. |
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