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Behavior Analytic Contributions to the Study of Creativity
Author(s) -
KUBINA RICHARD M.,
MORRISON REBECCA S.,
LEE DAVID L.
Publication year - 2006
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.2162-6057.2006.tb01275.x
Subject(s) - creativity , novelty , imitation , perspective (graphical) , contingency , psychology , creativity technique , categorization , cognitive psychology , epistemology , cognitive science , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy
As researchers continue to study creativity, a behavior analytic perspective may provide new vistas by offering an additional perspective. Contemporary behavior analysis began with B. F. Skinner and offers a selectionist approach to the scientific investigation of creativity. Behavior analysis contributes to the study of creativity by investigating the controlling variables for novel behavior that people often times designate as creative. Specific environment‐behavior relations producing novelty include imitation, instructions, variability, interconnection of repertoires and contingency adduction.