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Need for Uniqueness, Need for Cognition, and Creativity
Author(s) -
DOLLINGER STEPHEN J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2003.tb00828.x
Subject(s) - creativity , psychology , welsh , cognition , dream , preference , scale (ratio) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , history , psychotherapist , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , economics , microeconomics
This study examined two neglected dispositional contributions to creativity, namely needs for uniqueness and cognition. Multiple measures of creativity were used including an inventory of creative accomplishments, preference for complex visual figures (a measure similar to the Barron‐Welsh Art Scale), unconventional rather than popular word associations, and consensually‐assessed creative products. The latter included creative drawing, creative writing (a TAT story), richness of a photo essay about the self and the vividness of a recent dream. The predictors independently made significant contributions to creativity.